[Rhodes22-list] Testing the positive flotation

Mon Sep 7 20:20:26 EDT 2020

And this.

> Two weeks and three days later, I’m back enjoying views like this
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>> Before I put the ballast Back in, I took her to a closer lake and
>> motored
>> around for an hour , checking for leaks. Dry as a bone, YEA.
>> I take it he rudder off for trailering and I didn’t bother putting it
>> back
>> on for this test. I do not recommend this as stealing is very dicey. All
>> went well and I went home and filled the bilge and fiberglassed I over.
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>>>> After cleaning out and sanding the repair area inside and out, I put 4
>>>> layers of cloth/mat on the outside and alternating 4 layers each of
>>>> mat
>>>> and roving  .
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>>>>> Parts of the CB trunk you most likely haven’t seen
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>>>>>> Inside looking out
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>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Switched from tablet to phone and the pics are big, so a few more
>>>>>>> pics
>>>>>>> and
>>>>>>> then more story.
>>>>>>>
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>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>  I called my brother on the way home, and he agreed to meet me back
>>>>>>> at
>>>>>>> the
>>>>>>>> lake to pull out. The pump kept up to the ingress for over three
>>>>>>>> hours,
>>>>>>>> until the boat was on wheels. The hole was about ten inches
>>>>>>>> forward
>>>>>>>> of
>>>>>>>> the
>>>>>>>> centerboard trunk , about the size of my fist. This area of the
>>>>>>>> keel
>>>>>>>> is
>>>>>>>> where most of the ballest is. About a heaping dish pan full came
>>>>>>>> out
>>>>>>>> of
>>>>>>>> the Area  I needed to access for the repair. Time for supper , so
>>>>>>>> a
>>>>>>>> few
>>>>>>>> more pics and more later.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Jerry Lowe SV Country Rhodes ‘86
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> A month ago, I went out on my first overnight in two years. Nice
>>>>>>>>> uneventful night, woke up to the swallows darting in and out of
>>>>>>>>> the
>>>>>>>>> wispy
>>>>>>>>> morning fog and using my rigging as home base for their morning
>>>>>>>>> hunt.
>>>>>>>>> Dove
>>>>>>>>> into a much needed bucket and sponge wash of the topside. Then on
>>>>>>>>> the
>>>>>>>>> way
>>>>>>>>> back to the dock,I went to part of the lake I don't normally
>>>>>>>>> visit.
>>>>>>>>> On
>>>>>>>>> the
>>>>>>>>> way back to the dock I hugged the shore more closely than I do
>>>>>>>>> when
>>>>>>>>> I
>>>>>>>>> normally return to the slip. 500 feet front my slip, at no wake
>>>>>>>>> speed
>>>>>>>>> I
>>>>>>>>> hit something under water. It lifted the front of the boat up and
>>>>>>>>> I
>>>>>>>>> was
>>>>>>>>> hung up. I rocked the boat side to side several times and no
>>>>>>>>> luck.
>>>>>>>>> I
>>>>>>>>> stepped back to put the motor in reverse, and it freed itself.
>>>>>>>>> Went
>>>>>>>>> to
>>>>>>>>> slip and tied up, and just before I went home, I thought I'd
>>>>>>>>> better
>>>>>>>>> check
>>>>>>>>> the bilge. One inch below the floorboards, and rapidly rising.
>>>>>>>>>  Home , truck, and trailer are 35 miles away, so I go to the
>>>>>>>>> marina
>>>>>>>>> and
>>>>>>>>> buy a bilge pump and some hose. I cut the cord off the hand held
>>>>>>>>> vacuum
>>>>>>>>> and wire and plumb every thing up and head for home. I'm going to
>>>>>>>>> stop
>>>>>>>>> here and post a few pictures and start a new post. Notebook
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