[Rhodes22-list] Searching the archives and settled step >now mast step cb leak

[Ric Stott]

OK
Now you have my attention.
I have an '86 recently inherited from my dad.
The CB trunk developed a leak mid summer 2013 that got worse until I  
hauled it in November.
The cap is cracked about 6" aft of the forward end and water leaks up  
through the cap constantly.
The screws for the cap have SS washers on them from the forward end,  
about 12 inches back and no washers on the rest.
I have never had it apart so I don't know what it looks like, but I  
have to repair the cap and I want to replace the CB line as well.
Any hints on what might have casued the cap to crack?
What type and size line to use for the CB?
Thanks
Ric
S/V Dadventure
Hampton Bays, NY


On Mar 6, 2014, at 10:58 AM, cjlowe at sssnet.com wrote:

> There is ten years between the builds of our boats, maybe Stan had one
> come back with a hole punched thru the cb cap. Maybe a previous owner
> pulled the cb cap and saw a skuff on the cb cap gasket and said...I'll
> put a stop to this bullstuff and put the bracket in. Who knows? I went
> with it being part of Stan's constantly upgrading. I made the new  
> bracket
> 3/4" up from 1/2" UHMWPE (thanks Hank ) and cut the V a little  
> smaller to
> leave more uhmwpe in the failure area.
> The two things I can think of that would cause this abuse are  
> trailering
> on rough roads and being on a mooring. I wouldn't tear apart a good
> sealed cb assembly, but next time your in there for maintainance,  
> check
> and see if the cb and cb cap have been making a habit of trying to  
> occupy
> the same space.
>
> Jerry
>
>
> Interesting. My 76 does not have such a bracket. ( What does "uhmp"  
> stand
>> for?) Do you think it is really necessary - particularly if it can  
>> fail
>> and
>> lead to so much trouble?
>>
>
>
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