[Rhodes22-list] Bilge Water

[Bud]

Tell me ... what other manufacturer offers this level of support or 
service????
Stan you are one of a kind.

-Bud

stan wrote:

> Dave,
>
> love your e-mails to the list - keep them up
>
> very few places the boat can leak below the water line.   the most 
> likely is the cb seal.  you do have to take off the ply strip to 
> really see all around the seal edges.  wiping the seal with a towel 
> and then seeing if it gets moist can often show the guilty area.   if 
> there is such a weeping area and the bolts around this area do not 
> have fender washers, let us know and we will send you some.
>
> let us know if you do find any signs of water coming from around the 
> seal circumference.   if not there look in laz to see if water coming 
> in from the hose from the cockpit floor by drying that area and seeing 
> if it gets slowly wet again.
>
> if not that area the only other test we do is to take the boat out of 
> the water and leave or put water in it and see where it drips out from 
> the bottom of the boat. - unlikely but a possibility is a fault in the 
> cb trunk. this would show as drips coming from the slot in the bottom 
> of the keel. just have to keep eliminating possible sources - if 
> necessary we will take it back to the plant.
>
> ss
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "David Culp" <daculp at gmail.com>
> To: <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, November 29, 2006 7:08 PM
> Subject: [Rhodes22-list] Bilge Water
>
>
>> Hi gang:
>>
>> What started as just a trace of water occassionally in the bilge 
>> after being
>> out for the day has become a trickle that you can see running in and 
>> filling
>> the bilge in the last couple of weeks.   My 1998 boat has not hit 
>> anything,
>> has not run aground going forward or backward and I have inspected 
>> all areas
>> that I can see without unscrewing things with no traces of leakage.  
>> It is
>> coming in quickly now even just sitting in the slip and seems to be 
>> coming
>> from the centerboard trunk area (guessing) but I haven't taken the 
>> floor up
>> yet to look.  I reached back in as far as I could through the access
>> panels and I don't feel anything leaking or any damage.  The only thing
>> unusual is that the leak seems to be worse with the board up versus 
>> being
>> all the way down.  I normally secure the board up when in the slip so
>> it doesn't bang around.
>>
>> Just wondered if anyone ever had this happen and/or if are there are any
>> known issues about the centerboard pivot pin, leaking gaskets or cap 
>> that I
>> need to pay particuliar attention to?  I suppose I should at least 
>> expose
>> the cap while still in the water (not take it off) just in case I 
>> could see
>> something-any ideas or suggestions appreciated.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> David Culp
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