[Rhodes22-list] Water in the Cabin

[Reuben Mezrich]

Hey Chris
One battery (#1, the one next to the head) is toast, with some sort of foam
bubbling out of it). The other (#2) is visually OK but haven't tested. I
had a battery charger under the settee which I expect is gone. I'm worried
about the battery for my ePropulsion outboard which wasn't submerged but
probably got a bit wet.
When I took up the flooring to have a better look at the bilge I found that
the flooring material was not plywood but appeared to be some sort of
pressboard or particle board..strange material to use in a boat..I'll have
to replace that with plywood and probably a veneer.
I will be installing a bilge pump with a float and plumbing it into the
sink drain...something about closing the barn door.....
TowBoatUS will be towing me to a marina later this week...since I'm still
floating and with the really bad storms we're having, they wanted to wait.

Reuben Mezrich
cell: 410-499-8922
Pelican Cove in Sarasota and Back Bay, Boston


On Sun, Dec 17, 2023 at 12:19 AM 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
> > >
> >
>