[Rhodes22-list] Water in the Cabin

[cjlowe at sssnet.com]

I had trouble finding a leak on Country Rhodes. Turns out there was a
piece of starboard with a v cut in it that was mounted flush with the top
of the cb trunk, with the v pointing down.it is supposed to stop the
upward travel of the cb. The mounting screws went thru the side of the cb
trunk. The fastener hole got rearmed out and allowed the leak. The plastic
piece was mounted in the last foot of trunk, aft. I always take my boat to
a local lake after repair to check for leaks
Before putting the interior back in. I just float around for an hour or
so. You can take toilet paper and wrap it around the bottom of the trunk
to see the area where the leaks start.

Jerry Lowe

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> That doesn't sound like a crazy idea to me...
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> Peter Nyberg
> Coventry, CT
> s/v Silverheels (1988/2016)
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>> On 2023-12-20, at 08:56:56 EST, Reuben Mezrich wrote:
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>> In casting about for possible causes of the rather large (~2ft, to the
>> top of
>> the settee) flood into my boat I started wondering about the swing
>> keel...in
>> particular, what happens when the boat lies on the ground? The day of my
>> flood
>> had a particularly low tide, in part because of winds pushing water out
>> of the
>> bay. I suspect my boat spent some time lying on the mud at the bottom of
>> my slip
>> and I'm wondering if that might have pushed the swing keel up into the
>> top of
>> the centerboard trunk, possibly flexing it and causing a leak. Given the
>> 50 or
>> so screws that hold the top down that is unlikely but..... The boat is
>> floating
>> now and I can't find a leak (thru hulls are OK and I don't see water on
>> top of
>> the
>> centerboard trunk). ...so I"m grasping at straws.
>> --Reuben
>> Reuben Mezrich
>> cell: 410-499-8922
>> Pelican Cove in Sarasota and Back Bay, Boston
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