[Rhodes22-list] Water in the Cabin

Sun Dec 17 13:56:56 EST 2023

Joe
This is fantastic
Thanks
--Reuben

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


On Sun, Dec 17, 2023 at 1:37 PM jpd9668 <jpd9668 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Reuben,Yes, I'm not surprised about your cabin sole. I have seen OSB in
> some boats, TOTALLY unprofessional on the verge of fraud! Respite had
> exterior grade CDX sub-floore. It was totally rotted. I replaced with 5 ply
> marine grade fir plywood, and I pre-treated top and bottom with Woodlife
> wood preservative (I couldn't find Cuprinol Green which is much better) I
> covered that with Marine grade 1/4" teak and holly plywood which I treated
> the underside with Woodlife. I finished the upper surface with 3 coats of
> Helmsman clear gloss spar varnish. I've enclosed photos from my project.
> Notice I also replaced the entire settee with marine grade fir. This is a
> good opportunity to pull the CB cap off and fully inspect the gasket. Mine
> was dry rotted and actually had a hole in it (photo enclosed). If the bolts
> are showing rust, I'd replace them. There are 50+ of them. You'll need
> 1-1/4"×1/4"-20 thread, 316 grade stainless hexhead screws. Be sure to use
> fender washers top and bottom (100+), lock washers and hex nuts on the
> bottom. You can get them from McMaster-Carr. Below is my drawing for
> replacing the subfloor. I would hope that the measurements would work for
> your vessel, but you should confirm them.  The original floor came out as
> two long sections with cutouts for the inspection hatch and the CB trunk. I
> made mine into six sections making it much easier to re-install. Check the
> kick plate on the galley side. You'll probably have to remove/replace it
> also. There are ledger strips for supporting the edges of the floor along
> port and starboard sides. Those measurements are also shown. If you have to
> replace them, treat with Woodlife or Cuprinol. If this version doesn't
> print out very well I can resend a better file. Contact me offline. I'm
> going to post sections from my World Famous Rhodes 22 Project Manual on the
> cabin sole and Centerboard Trunk in a separate titled post.Hope this
> helps.Joe DempseyTrojan 42 MYM/V VoyagerDeltaville, VASent via the Samsung
> Galaxy S23 5G, an AT&T 5G smartphone
> -------- Original message --------From: Reuben Mezrich <
> reuben.mezrich at gmail.com> Date: 12/17/23  10:35 AM  (GMT-05:00) To: The
> Rhodes 22 Email List <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org> Subject: Re:
> [Rhodes22-list] Water in the Cabin Hey ChrisOne battery (#1, the one next
> to the head) is toast, with some sort of foambubbling out of it). The other
> (#2) is visually OK but haven't tested. Ihad a battery charger under the
> settee which I expect is gone. I'm worriedabout the battery for my
> ePropulsion outboard which wasn't submerged butprobably got a bit wet.When
> I took up the flooring to have a better look at the bilge I found thatthe
> flooring material was not plywood but appeared to be some sort ofpressboard
> or particle board..strange material to use in a boat..I'll haveto replace
> that with plywood and probably a veneer.I will be installing a bilge pump
> with a float and plumbing it into thesink drain...something about closing
> the barn door.....TowBoatUS will be towing me to a marina later this
> week...since I'm stillfloating and with the really bad storms we're having,
> they wanted to wait.Reuben Mezrichcell: 410-499-8922Pelican Cove in
> Sarasota and Back Bay, BostonOn 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> > >> >>
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