[Rhodes22-list] Bilge Water

[Bob Keller]

David,I have the same experience with water in the bilge after going through rough seas.  Last time I had the boat on the trailer and was driving through town and the automatic bilge pump was pumping water out the side!  I usually just pump and sponge out the water and it's OK.  Lately I have just been leaving the water in the bilge and it seems to dry up on its own while the boat sits on the trailer.  Have never determined where all the water comes in but I suspect it may be the hull to deck joint.  If you figure it out please let me know. Would also be interested in your report from Oriental.  That is one place I would like to visit - with boat of course.BK
 > Date: Tue, 26 Jun 2012 20:15:27 -0400
> From: chsyhkr at gmail.com
> To: rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org
> Subject: [Rhodes22-list] Bilge Water
> 
> Well Friends,
> 
> We took our first significant trip in our Rhodes from Southport, NC up the
> Cape Fear to Wilmington.
> 
> On the way back down I had to make a call between fighting tide all day or
> riding the tide and dealing with some headwinds the last 5 miles into
> Southport.
> 
> The Cape Fear runs due south from Wilmington making a turn to the SW at
> Snow's Cut in the ICW.  At this junction the wind really picked up, dead
> ahead, and we motored to Southport.   The last few miles the falling tide
> and head winds were at odds created serious chop.  We were taking quite a
> few shots over the bow.
> 
> After cleaning up and over nighting at Southport Marina, we took the boat
> out and over to the storage lot to clean up.  The carpet was wet, so I
> removed and looked in the bilge, which I had only checked once before in
> the 10 months we owned the boat.  It had about 4 inches of water, which
> after pumping and dumping equaled 10-12 gallons.  We removed most
> everything from the boat and left her open with the front scoop taking in a
> nice NE dry wind.    The lot owner will close her up later this week, no
> chance of rain, but we are both watching the forecast.
> 
> I plan on going back in a week, cleaning up a bit more, and putting most
> things back.
> 
> Questions-  any thing else I missed doing to protect the boat from mold,
> ect.?  Clean up with some bleach and water?  Where did the water come from?
>  A friend says from gaps in the deck and hull toward the bow.  I can see
> some spaced behind the white trim moulding.  Is this a winter project?
> 
> I do not plan on sailing in such conditions again.  The Cape Fear is
> notorious this type of roiling chop.  Besides we are headed up toward
> Oriental in the fall to test those waters......
> 
> Thanks for any advice.
> 
> By the way,  it was a great trip otherwise...
> 
> -- 
> Regards,
> 
> David B. Craft
> Greensboro, NC
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