[Rhodes22-list] boat full of water, please help

[Wally Buck]

Check all drains in cockpit. Close boat up with you inside. Have helper 
spray water all over boat while you watch for leaks inside.

Wally

>From: <sugargroveumc at bright.net>
>Reply-To: The Rhodes 22 mail list <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
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>Subject: [Rhodes22-list] boat full of water, please help
>Date: Wed, 27 Jul 2005 9:36:57 -0400
>
>Hello All,
>I need help. As some of you know I am restoring a 1976 Rhodes 22. I have 
>only been at it for a few weeks. When I began I knew nothing about boat 
>construction and I still know very little.
>Before we owned the boat it had been sitting on the trailer in the boat 
>yard for three years untouched.
>At this point all of the decorative teak and some of the structural teak 
>has been removed, the lining has been removed from the walls, the hull is 
>gutted, and I cut out all four of the rotted stringers as well as the one 
>rotting bulkhead. Everything else has been removed as well. There is 
>nothing in the cabin but the foam and the front bulkhead.
>I say all this because it rained at our house last night and I wanted to 
>experiment a little bit. I put the hatch up and closed the pop top making 
>it as tight as I could. However, I did not put the tarp over it. I wanted 
>to see if water would get in.
>It did
>I awoke this morning to find a good three inches of water in the lowest 
>portion of the boat around the keel and center board housing.
>There is no weather stripping, and the windows may need to be re sealed but 
>they did not show signs of moisture. The port side drain in the gunnels was 
>clogged so I assume that water backup and went in through the opening where 
>the centerboard drop line runs. There is a hose there with fittings but it 
>may be leaky.
>I feel that I can not progress in the restoration process until I find out 
>where the water is coming form.
>Does any one have any other suggestions?
>Alan
>
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