[Rhodes22-list] Barney's water

Peter Thorn pthorn at nc.rr.com
Wed Feb 25 18:06:16 EST 2004


Rik,

Must be one of Stan's many innovations.  My boat uses std through-hulls for
the CB, rear cockpit drains and main rear drain.

PT

> PT
>
> I never had a thru-hull there. Guess I haven't seen a boat that did. Not
to
> say that there aren't some.
>
> Rik
>
> At 12:37 PM 2/25/2004, you wrote:
> >Rik,
> >
> >I think the lip is part of the through hull fitting attaching to the
hose.
> >It is on my '84.  If you grind the lip off, the CB pennant hose would
then
> >be loose below.
> >
> >PT
> >
> >
> >----- Original Message -----
> >From: "Rik Sandberg" <sanderico at earthlink.net>
> >To: "The Rhodes 22 mail list" <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
> >Sent: Wednesday, February 25, 2004 1:21 PM
> >Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Barney's water
> >
> >
> > > My experience with water in the seats was:
> > >
> > > The seats are a bit higher in the rear than the front in relation to
the
> > > cockpit floor. Check it out with your 8 gallon Rubbermaids. They will
> >slide
> > > under the seats with a bit of room to spare at the rear of the
cockpit. At
> > > the front, you have to lift on the seats a bit to get them to go
under.
> >So,
> > > if the cockpit floor is level, the seats slant forward just a bit.
> > >
> > > Also, I my centerboard lifting line had one of those little stopper
balls
> > > on it. If I let the ball sit down tight to the hole in the gutter, it
> >would
> > > stop the water from draining through there. I also found, like Slim,
that
> >I
> > > needed to move the line a bit once in a while to move whatever little
bit
> > > of junk might have accumulated down there and make room for the water
to
> > > flow through.
> > >
> > > After a rain, I would always have a bit of water in the front part of
the
> > > seat gutter. Usually pulling the centerboard up a bit, then cleating
it so
> > > the stopper ball didn't cover the hole would drain this water just
fine. I
> > > didn't have a lip around this hole though.
> > >
> > > Maybe take a dremel and remove the lip??? Don't know why you'd need a
lip
> > > there.
> > >
> > > Rik
> > >
> > > At 11:42 AM 2/25/2004, you wrote:
> > > >My centerboard line / drain does not drain well either, but if I take
the
> > > >line out of the cleat and move it up and down a little the water runs
> >out.
> > > >I don't have a 1/4" lip around it.  Fandango is a 1990 and it seems
to
> > > >collect water there no matter how the gear is loaded.  But more
> >importantly,
> > > >the water on the cockpit floor drains aft, so I doubt the boat itself
is
> > > >tilting forward. If I stand on the transom, the water in the seat
gutters
> > > >will SLOWLY roll aft, but it just never seemed to be a very big
problem.
> > > >The bigger issue is to make sure the boat tilts back and drains when
it's
> >on
> > > >the trailer, i.e., jack the tongue high enough.
> > > >Slim
> > > >
> > > >On 2/25/04 9:13 AM, "Kroposki" <kroposki at innova.net> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > Steve,
> > > > > That drain by the centerboard line does not always drain good.
> > > > > Mine has a lip of about 1/4" that prevents all water from
draining.
> >The
> > > > > previous owner of my boat drilled holes in the seat gutter on each
> >side
> > > > > to solve this problem.  He only created a greater problem.  For a
> >while
> > > > > I had water getting into the cabin near the centerboard drain.  An
> > > > > inspection showed that the centerboard tubing was in good shape
and
> >not
> > > > > the cause of the problem.  One day a quick and heavy rain shower
put
> >me
> > > > > in the cabin during the rain.  An inspection under the starboard
edge
> > > > > during the rain showed water siphoning along the edge from under
the
> > > > > seat then dripping down.  I put tubes in the holes to drain the
water
> > > > > into the cockpit and problem has stopped.  My boat inherently
tilts a
> > > > > couple of degrees forward.  Since mine is an '84, maybe he has the
> >same
> > > > > problem.  I do not believe it affects the sailing.
> > > > > Ed K
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
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