[Rhodes22-list] Looking for a Rhodes 22

[Goodness]

Yes!  The boats were designed to be easily taken apart for recycling.  The aluminum rivets were easily drilled out and the deck popped off so they could replace the rotten floor and cabinetry with a new set quickly.  The shrouds attach to the deck and not the hull and that puts a lot of stress through the corroding rivets.  Additionally they were only sealed with silicone to aid seperation too instead of using a proper sealant like 3m4200 / 5200 (stronger) or even heaven forbid actually be glassed together! 😱
The silicone goes bad after 8-10 years and the leaks start.
My boat had 128 holes and it was leaking from many of them.
The worst is the seat drain’s tiny tubes will stop up then rain will overflow the seats into the stern lazarette which drains into the bilge soaking the cabin floor over and over.  Fixes include glassing in the aft lazarette and putting a seperate bilge pump in there or drilling out new drains along the seat grooves that drain into the cockpit and down the big main drain/scupper
Other leak zones are your centerboard pennant tube.  My tube (waterhose section) didnt even make it to the upper fitting!  (More floor soaking) Front portlight water traps, and capillary action from the sliding hatch to name a few more sieve points. 

Still i hand it to Stan for being a marketing genius!  Great boats, great adventure and designed in “flaws” (techniques) enabling the recycling of Glass for 63 years plus is quite a feat!
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> On May 11, 2023, at 2:51 PM, Matt Wilson <mwhornblower at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Hello Rhodes, do I need to worry about hull separation on an original 1990
> boat. I do have pretty significant leaking when it rains.
> 
> Thanks,
> Matt Wilson
> Hornblower II
> White Bear Lake, MN
> 
>> On Thu, May 11, 2023 at 1:34 PM Goodness <spreadgoodnews at gmail.com> wrote:
>> 
>> I have a free 1973 R-22. These were the thick heavy hulls.  Deck has
>> already partially seperated from the hull due to corroded aluminum pop
>> rivets that holds these boats together (not kidding); so would be easy to
>> completely seperate and rebuild interior while standing up!  Then glass
>> /bolt back together for an actual dry R-22.
>> Needs a trailer and a lot of $, and hard work.
>> Lol but hey thats a Rhodes.
>> On the positive side, Great hull design and for this one i have a taller
>> mast that can custom offset the low power original sail plan for this
>> heavier hand laid cloth hull.
>> All free for hauling.
>> 
>> Spreadgoodnews at gmail.com
>> 
>>> On May 11, 2023, at 11:48 AM, JAMES DUNNIE JR <jldunnie at comcast.net>
>> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Hi folks,
>>> 
>>> I’m new to the mailing list, but think that I have read most everything
>> on the site!
>>> 
>>> As I’m recently retired, I am looking for a reasonably price Rhodes 22.
>> I have had a trailerable sailboat in the past, and believe the Rhodes 22
>> would fit my current needs/wants.  If you are selling your boat or know of
>> a boat for sale, I would appreciate any leads.
>>> 
>>> Thanks,
>>> 
>>> Jim
>>