[Rhodes22-list] Water in the Cabin

[Chris Geankoplis]

Hey Reuben, just saw this email. Damn, sorry to hear about the batteries.
 (12v). Glad the big 48v survived. Did you check to see if it was
discharged?  Those lithium batters can do weird (exothermic) things if
submerge. It had its own special charger if I recall correctly. Was it ok?
Nicks/ my boat has the same battery layout as yours (12v). Also
unfortunately, the Catalina 387 has all the batteries under the cabin sole.
Shudder to think what the amount of Hydrogen and chlorine gas would be
released under similar circumstances. Will be at the boat in Ft. Pierce in
a day or two. Hope to get it in the water and over to the Bahamas in a
month or 6 weeks. We shall see.
Chris

On Sun, 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
> > > >
> > >
> >
>