[Rhodes22-list] Reply to Bud on bilge water

[William E. Wickman]

Another source of water in the bilge can be the hose through which the
centerboard pennant runs up to the cockpit.  You have to remove the wooden
step into the cabin to get a good look at it (in my case the entire settee
since it was one big piece).  I had been seeing water in my bilge last
summer and found that a hose clamp had cut though the hose and water was
squirting through the opening everytime the boat went through a wave.
Replaced the hose and now the bilge is bone dry.

Bill W.




                                                                           
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Bud,

I'm with Ed on this one.  Water in the bilge of an R-22 is a warning to
find where the water is coming from, not a reason to create a path for
more water to get into the bilge.

Bilge pumps that will fit into our bilge are a joke.  They are the size
of the pump Stan uses to pump water into the sink.  If you have an
electric sink pump, turn it on and note how slowly it fills the sink.
If any large amount of water gets into your boat it will overwhelm your
bilge pump in less than a minute.  Your bilge pump will never catch up,
it will just totally drain your battery, or break down trying.

Meanwhile, you have created a path for more water to get into your
bilge.  You think the little pump is going to pump all the water out,
when actually it is far more likely to allow more water in.  Hence all
the check valves, etc.

Think of your bilge as just another instrument on your boat.  Check it
every time you go out.  If any water gets in there, figure out where it
came from, don't just pump it out and forget about it.

Bill Effros

ed kroposki wrote:

>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
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