[Rhodes22-list] Another owner grateful for positive flotation

[Chris Geankoplis]

Woah Mark,
                Close call, one or a similar one we have all done.  Enjoy
the sailing while the weather is good. Getting a new-to-you-boat can come
with surprises. I knew I had to check the holding tank because Sean the PBO
had never used the head, but I forgot to write it down.  Brought the boat
home and found a full holding tank, that Sean got from the PBO.  Good news
was it had pretty much neutralized itself over the time.   So  yeah, we got
to write stuff down.
Chris G
Enosis

On Tue, Sep 8, 2020 at 9:43 PM Mark Whipple <mark at whipplefamily.com> wrote:

> Please take a look at the attached picture. In the picture it appears that
> someone connected the hose from the bilge pump to the sink drain. You might
> ask yourself, who would connect a through-hull to a bilge pump hose
> without a loop up to the waterline? I can only say someone did it before I
> bought the boat. Then you might say, well, didn't you see the problem when
> you bought the boat? Yup, I do remember making a mental note of it when I
> originally inspected the boat. The problem is, at my age you need to
> physically write stuff down (or at least make a note on the phone) because
> mental notes are fickle things. I know the through-hull is actually above
> the waterline, but read on.
>
> The rest of the story:
>
> Last Friday my son made a rare visit to Boston from his home in Manhattan,
> and asked if we could go sailing. So, I launched the Rhodes last week and
> we took her out on the harbor for the first time since I've owned her. A
> good day overall, but not without some of the traditional first sail
> "thrilling" moments.
>
> Side note on the saildrive: I was able to easily get the boat up to 5 kts
> under power and nearly 6 kts when motorsailing on a broad reach. Over about
> 4kts the stern begins to squat as boats often do at some point under power.
> There were also three adults in the cockpit (my daughter was with us). We
> would get a little water in the cockpit while motoring but I attributed
> that to the stern squat. Toward the end of the sail there was more water in
> the cockpit when motoring but that didn't quite register at the time.
>
> While sailing we occasionally had a tough time rolling in the main when I
> wanted to. I had recalled Stan's words from just last week: if it's hard to
> roll in the main then something's wrong. We didn't really solve the problem
> until we were almost back at the mooring. There is an extra halyard I have
> for the asymmetrical spinnaker that goes on the bowsprit (that I broke in
> half). That halyard runs down the back side of the mast, and was loose
> enough to get caught in the main as we tried to roll it in. I'm going to
> try to shift that halyard to the port side of the mast and make sure it's
> pretty taught.
>
> When we got back to the mooring my son told me there was water above the
> cabin sole. At that point we had just picked up the mooring and I was still
> struggling with the main. We got the main sorted and the mooring pennants
> secured. I then checked the bilge pump and it wasn't running. I suspect a
> flaky float switch, but there were also leaves down there so I had to keep
> clearing them from the base of the bilge pump. It's possible that while we
> were sailing the pump clogged and became overheated. After we got most of
> the water out we had to rush off the boat to drive down to meet my wife on
> Cape Cod (I know, such problems).
>
> My conclusion: it was a pretty gusty day and I saw the boat heel 20deg or
> more on both tacks. I'm reasonably confident that I was taking water in
> through the bilge hose on port tacks. The through-hull is above the
> waterline but only 6-8" if memory serves. I'm also thinking - wouldn't the
> person who plumbed this realize that the drainage from the sink would end
> up in the bilge? In any case I have a project that just became a little
> more urgent.
>
> Mark
>
> --
> Boston, MA
>
> 2000 R22 *Luna Mia*
> 1987 Nimble 30 *For Sale*
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