[Rhodes22-list] Water in the Cabin

[Scott Andrews]

I just bailed a ton of rain water. Mostly in the laz but some made it into the cabin. Got the boat covered just in time for today’s coastal storm.
Scott & Rebecca sv Pantailaimon 
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> On Dec 16, 2023, at 11:54 PM, Chris Geankoplis <chrisgeankoplis at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Hey Reuben,
> What Patrick says. Were your batteries OK?  Ponce dry and then paper towel
> dry the bilge then lay out some TP squares and check every hour or so.  I
> know easier said than done as you guys have a lot of rain right now. If
> your seat  drains get plugged from those overhanging trees, it overflows
> into the laz, then into the cabin.
> 
> Chris G.
> Xenos
> 
>> On Thu, Dec 14, 2023 at 6:54 PM PBR <pbryanriley at gmail.com> wrote:
>> 
>> Rueben,
>> In nearly all of our boats water in the lazarette can migrate slowly to the
>> bilge.  Unlikely that that much water came through that path but as I
>> posted a few weeks ago, check the hoses that funnel water from the cockpit
>> seats through the lazarette to the stern.  On my 1989 the flexible hoses
>> were cracked/brittle and just taking all the water from the seats into the
>> laz.
>> Patrick
>> 
>> 
>> On Thu, Dec 14, 2023 at 3:18 PM Reuben Mezrich <reuben.mezrich at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>> 
>>> This morning a friend called and said my boat was sinking...When I got to
>>> the boat there was about a foot of water in the cabin (it was up to the
>>> bottom of the cushions) and the boat was hanging from its lines (it was a
>>> very low tide)...I borrowed a pump and got most of the water
>> out...checked
>>> the two through hulls for the head and the one in the lazerette and no
>> leak
>>> seen. inspected the top of the centerboard trunk and no evidence of a
>> leak
>>> at any of the visible screws on top (hard to see the two at the
>>> furthest aft). There still appears to be a slow leak. There was also
>> water
>>> in the lazerette but the lazerette seems to be separate from the rest of
>>> the boat and no idea how the water got there...There hasn't been much
>> rain
>>> lately..boat was dry on Monday, which was the last time I checked it...
>>> We're having some storms here in Sarasota and the TowBoatUS guy says we
>>> really can't tow it till Tuesday
>>> 
>>> Any thoughts on where else to look for leaks. I haven't put any holes in
>>> the boat..haven't gone aground
>>> Its a puzzle
>>> 
>>> --
>>> Reuben Mezrich
>>> cell: 410-499-8922
>>> Pelican Cove in Sarasota and Back Bay, Boston
>>> 
>>