[Rhodes22-list] Testing the positive flotation

Tue Sep 8 18:10:08 EDT 2020

I also found a mass of concrete which I chopped about 3” out to make cabin floor even
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> On Sep 8, 2020, at 9:32 AM, John Keyser <retro53 at msn.com> wrote:
> 
> When I stripped down my 1980 to refurbish the interior, I found a large mass of what seemed to be cement just behind the flotation in the bow. Some of it seemed to be covered with a fiberglass membrane, but some of it had become wet and was crumbling away. I was installing an automatic bilge pump a bit astern of it, so I just cleaned up the loose stuff so it wouldn't clog the pump. I didn't take any pictures.
> 
> John K
> 1980 R-22
> Deci-Belle
> 
> ________________________________
> From: Rhodes22-list <rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org> on behalf of Todd Tavares <tavares0947 at gmail.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, September 8, 2020 6:41 AM
> To: The Rhodes 22 Email List <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
> Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Testing the positive flotation
> 
> Jerry,
> 
> So what was in there for ballast originally?
> I hope it wasn't sand and gravel as it appears in one of the pics.
> 
> Todd T.
> 
> tavares0947 at gmail.com
> 
>> On Mon, Sep 7, 2020, 8:09 PM <cjlowe at sssnet.com> wrote:
>> 
>> 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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