[Rhodes22-list] Pendant Tube leak revisited

[mltroy]

Wally, if your hatchboard is made like ours, for a first
pass at the problem you could reverse the hatchboard so the
hinge is outside when you put the board in. Also make sure
your overhead slider is all the way aft.

Mary Lou


> Mary Lou,
>
> Well my hinges are on the inside (I think) and a little
> did come in around  the hinge. More came in from the
> bottom and sides. I will have to take a  look at flipping
> the hinge, it will help some and is easy.
> Thanks for the suggestion.
>
> Wally
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> >From: Mary Lou Troy <mltroy@netreach.net>
> >Reply-To: The Rhodes 22 mail list
> <rhodes22-list@rhodes22.org> >To: The Rhodes 22 mail list
> <rhodes22-list@rhodes22.org> >Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list]
> Pendant Tube leak revisited >Date: Mon, 17 Mar 2003
> 21:12:32 -0500 >
> >Wally, I remember a a long while back (probably on the
> Sailnet Rhodes list)  >a discussion of rain coming in the
> companionway hatch but I think it had to  >do with the
> piano hinge on the hatchboards themselves. If I remember
> >correctly the piano hinge will leak if the boards are
> used with the hinge  >on the inside but not if you use
> them with the hinge on the outside. Don't  >know if this
> applies in your case but thought I would pass it along. >
> >Mary Lou
> >
> >
> >At 08:24 AM 3/17/2003 -0500, you wrote:
> >>A while back I got some good advice on repairing a slow
> leak that I  >>thought was coming from my Pendant Tube.
> After closer inspection it turns  >>out the my tube is
> fine. I can see why others have had to cut a hole for
> >>this repair, what a bitch to get at! >>
> >>A few bucket tests revealed that the tube wasn't the
> cause of the leak.  >>Driving rain can leak around and
> under my companionway door and then drip  >>onto the cabin
> step. It doesn't leak much and it really takes a bunch of
> >>heavy rain to make this happen. I have placed a boom
> tent (brown poly  >>tarp) over the cabin and hatch and I
> am guessing this will help. >>
> >>Anyone else have rain water come in through the
> companionway door? Is  >>there anything I can put on the
> door itself to help seal better? >>
> >>Wally
> >>
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