[Rhodes22-list] Reply to Bud on bilge water

[ed kroposki]

Bud,
	Rhodes 22's are not supposed to have water in the bilge.  This has
been a recurring topic for over six years on this list.  Have you researched
the archives to see possible causes?  The water seepage can cause more
serious problems.  
	I had the same recurring problem after heavy rains.  I could not
determine the cause until I was sitting in the cabin during a heavy
downpour.  After the thunder and noise of heavy rain, I heard a plunk,
plunk, of dripping water.  Low and behold water was dripping in from the
cockpit.  It was running along the bottom of the seats and over the bulkhead
and dripping into the back of the cabin on the inside of the bulkhead.  Why
was that happening?  Well a previous owner did not like water accumulating
in the seat trenches and drilled two drainage holes so that water would drop
onto the cockpit floor.  One fix for a problem caused an unanticipated
problem.  
	Rather than just plug the drain holes, I attached tubing to drain
the water directly to the cockpit floor.  Now only occasionally after a rain
which wets the hatch do I get water in the bilge.
	What I am saying, the best approach is to solve the cause.  Make
like Sherlock.  But first look into the archives and find the numerous
previous discussions of the problem.

Ed K
Greenville, SC, USA