[Rhodes22-list] Testing the positive flotation

Mon Sep 7 20:34:15 EDT 2020

The parts, including the fiberglass, resin , sandpaper, multi- tool for
sanding( harbor freight $40) rollers, spreaders, bilge pump, hose,
hardener, totaled less than $500.
One more pic an then The End.

> And this.
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>> 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  .
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> Parts of the CB trunk you most likely haven’t seen
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Inside looking out
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Switched from tablet to phone and the pics are big, so a few more
>>>>>>>> pics
>>>>>>>> and
>>>>>>>> then more story.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>  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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