[Rhodes22-list] Bilge Water

Lowe, Rob rlowe at vt.edu
Wed Jun 27 09:28:02 EDT 2012


David,
I also had water in bilge after a heavy rain.  Another owner suggested the deck to hull joint might be the culprit.  I caulked on both the top and bottom of the rub rail and have not had a problem since.  - rob

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From: rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org [mailto:rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org] On Behalf Of David Craft
Sent: Tuesday, June 26, 2012 8:15 PM
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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...

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Regards,

David B. Craft
Greensboro, NC
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