[Rhodes22-list] Water in the Cabin

[Larry Gioia]

Hey Reuben,

I have an ePropulsion Spirit 1.0+  1kw/3hp, you may have the same - the removable battery floats so it should be fine. 

Larry 
‘86 R22
Keystone Lake
Odessa FL

> On Dec 17, 2023, at 10:35 AM, Reuben Mezrich <reuben.mezrich at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> 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
>>>> 
>>> 
>>