[Rhodes22-list] Water in the Cabin

[Reuben Mezrich]

I actually have the Navy 3 with the E80 (4kwha) battery. The battery is
standing vertically (connectors on top) and the water seemed to stay below
the top so it might be oK..I have an email into ePropulsion service and to
Mastry (who sold me the system) but so far no respnse
--Reuben
Reuben Mezrich
cell: 410-499-8922
Pelican Cove in Sarasota and Back Bay, Boston


On Sun, Dec 17, 2023 at 12:25 PM Larry Gioia via Rhodes22-list <
rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org> wrote:

> 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
> >>>>
> >>>
> >>
>
>