[Rhodes22-list] One month & two days (LEE)

[Mary Lou Troy]

Joe,
We don't have a bilge pump. Fretless has been in the water 
(seasonally) for 10 years. We have occasionally had water in the 
bilge. When that happens we get out the sponge and the bucket and 
then start rebedding things until we fix it. (sources of water have 
been the side ports and the electrical connector at the mast) We now 
have a dry bilge. We like it that way.

The R22 has positive floatation so except under extreme circumstances 
(think hurricane, snow or ice) you don't have to sorry about it 
sinking. I have it on a first hand account that with water coming in 
continuously it floats with the water in the cabin up to about the 
level of the bench seat. A mess but still not sunk. The problem with 
bilge pumps is that unless you have a charging system for your 
battery and vigilant neighbors who notice that the pump is running a 
lot, they will just run down your battery and quit working. If it 
will make you feel more comfortable go ahead and get one. We haven't 
found it necessary. We don't leave the boat in the water in the 
winter. We pull the boat when hurricanes seriously threaten.

BTW, there is not much height (depth?) in the bilge so you would have 
fit a pump accordingly.

Best,
Mary Lou





At 04:36 PM 6/24/2010, you wrote:
>Lee:
>      The boat will be in the water year 'round.  I am about two 
> hours away, so not able to check after every rain. The boat, then, 
> does NOT come with a bilge pump, I assume.  I will have to give the 
> electric a consideration.  If it sinks, however, I will be in the 
> mood to have words with GB. And if it doesn't sink, I will not have 
> those words, but it will be a mess.  I don't have the electric 
> motor lift, so no open space to the lazarette.  Where are the side 
> ports? (yes, Joe's a friggin' dummy.)  Thanks fro the advice. It's a big help.
>Joe
>
>--- On Thu, 6/24/10, Leland <LKUHN at cnmc.org> wrote:
>
>From: Leland <LKUHN at cnmc.org>
>Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] One month & two days
>To: rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org
>Date: Thursday, June 24, 2010, 3:51 PM
>
>
>Joe,
>
>Are you keeping your boat in a slip and will you be close enough to check
>the bilge every time it rains?
>
>I've read that it's a good idea to have an electric bilge pump on any boat
>kept in the water just in case it starts sinking.
>
>If it's a hard blowing rain I almost always get water in my lazarette,
>likely coming in through the slot for the belt for the motor lift.
>
>If my boat is clean my side ports leak and I get water in my bilge.  If my
>boat isn't clean the dirt seals the ports and I rarely get water in the
>bilge.  Elton told me about this phenomenon and now I'm convinced.  I
>haven't had water in my bilge in months and we've had some heavy rains.
>Some of the water may have evaporated elsewhere in the boat (cushions) but
>the bilge has remained dry.
>
>Because of evaporation my guess is that your bilge will never overflow.  Our
>boats aren't very airtight (a good thing) so I doubt that you will suffer
>from mildew problems.
>
>Lots of rain on a leaky Rhodes could certainly cause problems and an
>electric pump would give you peace of mind, but I'd start out pumpless to
>see if you really need one.
>
>Good luck!
>
>Lee
>1986 Rhodes22  AT EASE
>Kent Island, MD
>
>
>
>Joe Camp wrote:
> >
> > Hey Guys and Gals:
> >      I am one month from retirement after thirty-seven years in police
> > work; I suppose that is significant in some ways. More importantly,I am
> > one month, one day and fifteen hours (approximately) from taking delivery
> > of my recycled 1987 Rhodes 22.  To hell with retirement, because I want to
> > get out on the water. Let me ask a question (as usual).
> >      The bilge: damp, drippy, even wet sometimes.  I've read lots of
> > commentary here about the bilge pump.  Is there a bilge pump that comes
> > with the Rhodes package, or do I need to pick up something?  I'd go with a
> > simple manual deal, were there no reason to go electric. I am not adverse
> > to manual labor (at least at times when my lovely wife hasn't thought it
> > up for me).  So, please give me the low-down on this vexing topic, which
> > will either send me to K Mart or keep me home watching the Phillies.
> > No poem this time,
> > Joe
> >
> >
> >
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