[Rhodes22-list] hull leak question for Tom

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Tom:

Here is my assessment.

1.  You local guy who commented that it was caused by freezing may be
correct.  But I am not immediately convinced that is the primary cause.

2.  Any comments posted by Lou Rosenberg should be taken most seriously
because of his expertise.

3.  The location indicates to me it is at the leading edge of the
centerboard well.  The centerboard well is made separately from the hull and
is then joined leaving the potential for a seam at the place where you have
the leak.  I think that a hard strike while sailing, retreiving or other
unnatural act caused a crack at the seam.  The crack may not have leaked
thru until a freeze expanded it.  

My opinion is that the leak is at a defined location and can be fixed by
forcing epoxy into the crack.  It would help to find the place in the bilge
where the water is coming in.  That would be the best place to inject slow
setting epoxy into the crack to get it into all nooks and crannies.  

I would add that I have seen such a leak at that location before and that is
how it was mended.

However, I do not pretend to be the oracle of all knowledge and do get and
evaluate all opinions.

Ed K
Greenville, SC, USA
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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



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
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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:
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> 
> 
>   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:
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>> 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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