[Rhodes22-list] hull leak question for Tom

[Tom Hogarty]

Ed,
That's warm Chesapeake Bay water.  Photo was taken yesterday.  Came in
fairly quickly, and was above the cabin floor in less than 10 minutes.  We
were still at the ramp.  Boat was dry prior to launch.
Tom



Tootle wrote:
> 
> Tom:
> 
> About the picture that you posted.  Is that water draining or ice?  Was
> there water in the bilge?  Did you look under the floor boards in the
> cabin?  
> 
> Ed K
> Greenville, SC, USA
> Addendum - definition:
> confabulate 
> 1. To talk casually; chat; schmooze
> 2. Psychology - To fill in gaps in one's memory with fabrications that one
> believes to be facts.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Tom Hogarty wrote:
>> 
>> The boat is at Casa Rio Marina in Mayo, Maryland,  just down the road
>> from my marina where I launched.  I was referred there by an instructor
>> from a local sailing school.  They sounded familiar with Rhodes, and will
>> do the repair.  Should I trust them to know this?  I thought about taking
>> it to Stan, but the trip would cost almost as much as the work.
>> Tom
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Miracleboat wrote:
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>>   I just finished major repairs to my hull.  I have an '81Rhodes.  My  
>>> only advice would to be very aggressive in seeing the cement under
>>> the head area.  My delamination was under there and  I was already on  
>>> stands when I took up my flooring job to take a closer look at the
>>> cement which is used for ballast in the forward belly of the boat,  
>>> just aft of the foam.
>>> 
>>> My leak came all the way back through the cement and into the bilge  
>>> when I tried to launch last year. I was already in the process of  
>>> stripping off all the gelcoat
>>> and applied 10+layers of West System epoxy with Barrier Coating.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> good luck
>>> Lou Rosenberg
>>> s/v Miracles
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>>> On Aug 6, 2008, at 3:44 PM, Tom Hogarty wrote:
>>> 
>>>>
>>>> http://www.nabble.com/file/p18858215/Rhodes22%2Bleaking%2Bhull% 
>>>> 2B009.jpg
>>>>
>>>> Finally launched, but leaked, and trailered to repair.  Appeared to  
>>>> fellows
>>>> in the marine shop to be winter damage from freezing water.  It was  
>>>> a really
>>>> nasty winter in Lake Geneva, Wisconsin, from where it was shipped.   
>>>> We are
>>>> undaunted and getting good at working with the mast, down much  
>>>> faster than
>>>> up.  Ours is a 1982 model.
>>>> Tom Hogarty
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