[Rhodes22-list] Help

[Alan Brown]

Saroj,
Everything you said was exactly what I was thinking. So I assume that
everything is easily fixable. All I need to do is put in some hard work.
Thanks
Alan

-----Original Message-----
From: rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org
[mailto:rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org] On Behalf Of Saroj Gilbert
Sent: Thursday, April 27, 2006 9:32 PM
To: The Rhodes 22 mail list
Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Help

Alan, so sorry for your predicament... this has happened to me as well in 
the past... usually the result of leaves clogging the scuppers.  The water 
from
rain then accumulates on the benches and drains into the lazarette and then 
into the cabin.  It has caused some damage to the floor and other wooden
parts of the cabin.  I also have a slight problem with leaky port lights, 
however it sounds like you corrected that problem.

I don't really know the answer to this other than using a tarp to keep the 
water off the benches (drapped over the boom or other device to maintain a
peak).

It will take a while to get the boat to dry out completely... My experienced

was that even after I got the bilge dry, water accumulated at a steady rate 
over the next few days.  I'm convinced it had been sucked up into the foam 
or whereever and leached out over time...

Good luck with the clean up.

Saroj

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Alan Brown" <sugargroveumc at bright.net>
To: "'The Rhodes 22 mail list'" <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
Sent: Thursday, April 27, 2006 2:51 PM
Subject: [Rhodes22-list] Help


> All,
> Tragedy has struck.
> The other day we went out to the boat (stared on its trailer for the
> winter)
> and after all the hard work I did last summer basically rebuilding this
> 1977
> boat we found the it full of water. The water was up to the floorboards.
> The
> rear hatch was full of water, and the floor that I put in last summer was
> wet. Last summer I rebuilt the drainage system, sealed all the windows and
> made sure everything was water tight.
> So the only thing that I can figure is that through out the winter the
> rear
> scuppers became clogged and the water over flowed into the rear hatch and
> thus as the water collected it built up into the cabin and "there-in
> squats
> the toad".
> My question is what should I do other than get the water out?
> And how much should I worry?
> If I put my boat on the lake and then leave it to for a week or two will
> it
> be full of water when I return?
> Or should I just chuck it and auction it off on E-bay
> Help
> Alan
>
>
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