[Rhodes22-list] Nine people on the R22!

[Steven Alm]

Thanks for all the trouble shooting, guys.  I'll check those things.  When
it was leaking, I looked with a flashlight back under the companionway and
could see water streaming down from the forward edge of the cockpit liner.
I don't know why the laz was flooded too unless I had more than one leak.

Thankfully all aboard were seasoned sailors and there was no fear or panic.
We were all having way too much fun to let a little thing like a sinking
ship bother us!  In fact the excitement seem to add to the experience rather
than detract from it.  8-)

Slim

On 9/24/07, Michael D. Weisner <mweisner at ebsmed.com> wrote:
>
> Slim,
>
> Check the hose from the cockpit drain.  We had to replace our hose when a
> rodent had gotten trapped in the laz and chewed on the hose before finding
> a
> way out (over the separator between the laz and under the cockpit seats,
> we
> think.)  The water filled the laz first, causing the boat to sail lower in
> the stern and eventually taking water in the cockpit (up the drain) before
> we realized what was going on.  Changing the hose is not easy.  We needed
> to
> remove the through hull fitting to be able to attach the replacement hose.
> The process required 2-3 people, resealing the through hull fitting while
> inserting the fitting into the lower portion of the hose.  Oh, by the way,
> the boat must be OUT OF THE WATER to make the repair.
>
> Mike
> s/v Shanghaid'd Summer ('81)
>        Nissequogue River, NY
>
> From: "Steven Alm" <stevenalm at gmail.com> Monday, September 24, 2007 4:49
> PM
> > This is our seventh season with our beloved Fandango but this was a
> first.
> > We were having a wonderful day of sailing on both the Rhodes and the
> Hobie
> > and celebrating the visit home of Judi's son Jason, who incidentally has
> > his
> > 500 ton license and works as a captain of a private 93 footer in
> > Vancouver.
> > There were lots of guests and after dinner we went out for a beautiful
> > moonlit sail, all nine of us, well-oiled.  With that much weight on
> board
> > the cockpit floor is at or below the waterline so water comes up the
> > cockpit
> > drain.  I've noticed this before when we've had six or seven people on
> > board
> > but it was never a real problem.  A little water sloshing around bare
> feet
> > is OK and I never put a plug in the drain because I just KNOW I'd forget
> > to
> > remove it at the dock and then the rain water wouldn't be able to
> escape.
> > We've also been known to bury the rail and ship water into the cockpit.
> >
> > But this time the water in the cockpit was higher than it had ever been.
> > We
> > discovered that there is obviously a hole in the cockpit liner somewhere
> > along the edge above the floor.  We were soon standing in ankle deep
> water
> > in the cabin!  We rolled in the sails, plugged the drain and motored
> home.
> > As soon as most of the people stepped out of the boat we pulled out the
> > plug
> > and the cockpit began to drain.  We have an electric bilge pump but it
> was
> > clogged which we eventually remedied in addition to hand bailing with
> > buckets.  The laz was also flooded.  We had the boat dried out in about
> a
> > half hour.
> >
> > I have no idea how to go about finding the hole short of plugging the
> > drain
> > and filling the cockpit with the hose and recreate the flood but I
> really
> > don't want to flood my cabin again!  Lesson learned:  More than four
> > aboard
> > requires a drain plug despite the hazard of forgetting to remove it.
> >
> > Slim
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