[Rhodes22-list] Leaking Window

gstewart8@cogeco.ca gstewart8 at cogeco.ca
Mon Jun 24 10:05:51 EDT 2013


That is what my wife tells me too.

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From: "Stephen Staum" <snstaum at gmail.com>
To: "The Rhodes 22 Email List" <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
Subject: [Rhodes22-list] Leaking Window
Date: Sun, Jun 23, 2013 10:06 PM


Joe,

That is why I sail. On the boat is the ONLY time I am in charge. 

SS

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On Jun 23, 2013, at 1:19 PM, Joe Camp <jjcampjr at yahoo.com> wrote:

> Steve:
> 
> A synonym for "Galley Wench" is "true boss."  I wish I'd have learned it sooner.  A synonym for "Captain" is "thinks he's in charge."
> 
> Joe Camp 
> 
> 
> 
>> ________________________________
>> From: Stephen Staum <snstaum at gmail.com>
>> To: The Rhodes 22 Email List <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org> 
>> Sent: Sunday, June 23, 2013 11:20 AM
>> Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Leaking Window
>> 
>> 
>> Rummy,
>> 
>> I must remind you of the 1st Rule of Sailing:
>> 
>> Control Thy Galley Wench. 
>> 
>> or:  Honey Do's only apply when sailing is NOT available.  
>> 
>> Stephen Staum
>> s/v Carol Lee 2 - finally launched yesterday!
>> Needham, MA
>> 
>> Sent from my iPhone
>> 
>> On Jun 23, 2013, at 8:00 AM, R22RumRunner at aol.com wrote:
>> 
>>> Joe,
>>> Unfortunately my idea of retirement and my wife's are completely different. 
>>> I envisioned myself sitting in the shade sipping (sweet) iced tea and an  
>>> occasional cigar with a rum and coke. Her idea is making up this forever 
>>> long  list of things for me to do. My "honey do" list will never be completed.
>>> 
>>> Rummy
>>> 
>>> 
>>> In a message dated 6/22/2013 9:56:47 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
>>> jjcampjr at yahoo.com writes:
>>> 
>>> Rummy:
>>> 
>>> 
>>> My advice on that leaking window  was dependent on my limited experience as 
>>> a Rhodes sailor.  I should have  consulted the list (actually, you) before 
>>> trying the quick fix.  Now, I  have something to do this fall.  Your advice, 
>>> I have noted,  is  founded in a long experience and a tenacity unchallenged 
>>> in its ability to  forge the best solution.  Thanks (again) for showing me, 
>>> and the rest of  this community, the way.  
>>> 
>>> Now, as a expert in  the travails of retirement, let me offer some advice 
>>> to YOU:  I retired  in 2010 after thirty-four years as a cop outside of 
>>> Philly.  I don't know  from what career you've retired, but based on what I have 
>>> gleaned of your  personality on this list, I'll wager that you were very 
>>> focused on that  career, and that leaving it creates a hole.  It took me about 
>>> a year--  OK, all three years...so far --of denial and many visits top my 
>>> old cop  buddies, who feed me free coffee and let me curse like I once did, to 
>>> break  free.  I know it was time to move on, and that being fifty-six made  
>>> me too old to fight with drunk twenty-somethings. And, I stopped running 
>>> after  people about ten years earlier, so...  Anyway, here's the advice: The  
>>> friggin' world has not ended, you've just been reassigned, as it were.  So, 
>>> relegate your long experience to a folder marked "proud memories"  and make 
>>> a new folder marked, "Rummy Rampage." then go to town
>>> filling it  with new crap.
>>> 
>>> I became an English professor.  I am also a writer, but I have not yet 
>>> written about being an ex cop.  I have a space reserved in MY new folder (still 
>>> waiting for a name).  I know I'll get to it, someday.  Till then, I have a 
>>> hot little  sailboat and a cyber buddy named Rummy.  What else do I need... 
>>> besides  my wife... and two daughters, oh yeah, Mom & Dad and some great 
>>> drinking  buddies who can still smoke a cigar.  Crap! I guess I need lots of 
>>> stuff.  Well, you are on my list of assets.  Do you like cigars?  Plow  on!
>>> 
>>> Joe Camp
>>> s/v John Dawson
>>> Bohemia River,  Md. 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>>> ________________________________
>>>> From:  "R22RumRunner at aol.com" <R22RumRunner at aol.com>
>>>> To:  rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org 
>>>> Sent: Saturday, June 22, 2013 8:02  AM
>>>> Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Leaking Window
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> Another thought: Harbor Freight has a set of nylon tools that  they  
>>>> advertise as being used for auto body work, but I have  found they work
>>> well for  
>>>> port repairs. Four pieces for $6.99 and  they come in very handy for this  
>>>> project. You will still need  several wooden  wedges.
>>>> 
>>>> http://www.harborfreight.com/4-piece-nylon-pry-bar-installer-kit-69668.html
>>>> 
>>>> Rummy
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> In  a message dated 6/22/2013 7:55:14 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
>>>> R22RumRunner at aol.com writes:
>>>> 
>>>> David,
>>>> The quick  method is to simply seal around the outside  edge of the port
>>> and  
>>>> 
>>>> continue sailing. The slower, longer lasting  method, is  to remove the
>>> port 
>>>> using  wooden or plastic wedges and   putty knives to remove the port.
>>> Clean 
>>>> all the old  caulk off  with  acetone and then reinstall the port with a 
>>>> good  
>>>> urethane or  neoprene  caulk. This is a time consuming  repair, as you do 
>>>> not 
>>>> want to damage   the  surrounding fiberglass, but it will last anywhere
>>> from 
>>>> ten to  fifteen  years  depending on the quality of the materials you  use.
>>>> You can  search the archives and I'm sure you will find a  more in depth  
>>>> description of the process.
>>>> The dirty part  of the water is coming from  the crud that has collected  
>>>> behind the port over the years. Things  like spider crap, mold  and
>>> mildew, 
>>>> pollen  and even leaves have been  found once  the port is removed.
>>>> 
>>>> Rummy
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> In a message  dated  6/21/2013 3:32:04 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
>>>> chsyhkr at gmail.com  writes:
>>>> 
>>>> one of  the  windows above the bench seat in our galley has  a very  small
>>>> leak.   Maybe a teaspoon after a big rain or   extended cleaning.
>>>> 
>>>> The water is  coming in contact with  something  that darkens it quite a
>>> bit.
>>>> I was  planning on  removing the flange  around the wind,  seeing what   is
>>>> there, and resealing as    needed.
>>>> 
>>>> Thoughts?
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> Regards,
>>>> 
>>>> David  B.   Craft
>>>> Greensboro,    NC
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