[Rhodes22-list] Help

Alan Brown sugargroveumc at bright.net
Fri Apr 28 11:09:34 EDT 2006


thanks

-----Original Message-----
From: rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org
[mailto:rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org] On Behalf Of Michel Meltzer
Sent: Thursday, April 27, 2006 8:30 PM
To: 'The Rhodes 22 mail list'
Subject: RE: [Rhodes22-list] Help

You should have put a tarp over it, a boat on a trailer might not be sitting
on it "lines", it does not take much tilt from trailer that water does not
run off right. Get the boat on the water, close it up with someone inside
and move top down with a garden hose to find any leaks. 

-mjm

> -----Original Message-----
> From: rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org [mailto:rhodes22-list-
> bounces at rhodes22.org] On Behalf Of Alan Brown
> Sent: Thursday, April 27, 2006 2:52 PM
> To: 'The Rhodes 22 mail list'
> 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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