[Rhodes22-list] communication leaks

[Arthur H. Czerwonky]

OK, Joe,

Now I have a water problem, it seems.

Art

-----Original Message-----
>From: Joe Babb <joe.babb at comcast.net>
>Sent: Aug 11, 2009 10:24 AM
>To: rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org
>Subject: [Rhodes22-list] communication leaks
>
>All,
>I am reminded of the phrase "what we have here is a failure to 
>communicate" and also Sir Francis Bacon's discussion of pitfalls in 
>communication.
>
>I "think" I have resolved my question for the moment.  My concern was 
>that I didn't understand why water should be seeping out at the BASE of 
>the through hull fitting in the lazarette.  I wasn't trying to find out 
>specifically where water was getting into the boat originally.  I was 
>trying to get an answer to why it was seeping at the base of the through 
>hull (he said redundantly, once more).
>
>What many folks including Stan missed was my remark that the boat was 
>sitting on a hill with the stern downhill.  I should have shown a 
>picture of the boat, but didn't.  In the pictures of the laz, I should 
>have indicated with an arrow the direction of water flow towards the 
>stern.  But I didn't.  Comments about it not being possible for water to 
>flow from the bilge to the laz made me search in other directions which 
>lead to serious concerns about the cockpit floor.  What was missed was 
>the fact that the boat is sitting on a hill.  So it IS possible for 
>water to flow from the bilge to the laz with the stern downhill.  It 
>just takes its own sweet time about it.  The bilge does communicate with 
>the lazarette and other regions of the boat.  This gives one a common 
>place to sponge up water acquired via any kind of leak, above or below 
>the waterline.  But the boat must be level or nearly so for gravity to 
>do its thing.
>
>After talking with Stan I have learned that there is probably nothing 
>abnormal about my situation.  I still think it is screwy that water 
>should seep from where it seeps.  Unless the boat has its nose in the 
>air, like it does now, you'd never see this.  If the water was seeping 
>from an intentional orifice in the laz, I would never have been 
>worried.  As it is, it is possibly because the fiberglass tabbing of the 
>cockpit to the laz floor didn't take just in that one spot.
>
>In the course of investigation, though, I did find 4 of the 8 screws 
>holding the table leg flange were stripped.  So I will be repairing 
>that.  But the flange is glued securely to the floor anyhow.  As one 
>person pointed out, this does not mean that water doesn't get in under 
>that flange.  So when I have some time, I'll level the boat and fill the 
>cockpit up and see what happens.
>Hope all this makes sense.
>Joe
>
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