[Rhodes22-list] Water in the cockpit when motoring

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Susan,

Next time your boat is out of the water, glue a rubber door stopper in
front of the drain hole--pointed end forward.  This will create a vacuum in
the hole and you won't get water up the drain even with the fattest crew.

Rick

On Mon, Jun 8, 2015 at 8:31 AM, The Rhodes 22 Email List <
rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org> wrote:

> So I had a great day sailing yesterday on the Chesapeake Bay.  The boat
> performed beautifully and, with a more experienced friend, we had the boat
> heeled further than I had ever dared!  The wind was perfect and we sailed
> for about 1 1/2 hours out on one tack and returned home on one tack.  That
> had never happened to me before.  But my question is about why water comes
> up through the drain hole in the cockpit when motoring at top speed.  It
> only happens when I motor at top speed.  It stops and all drains out when I
> reduce to about half speed.  I got the impression that I could put a fair
> bit of water in the cockpit if I had continued motoring at that speed.  I
> wasn't in that much of a hurry, but I was curious to see how fast the boat
> would go motoring.
>
> Susan Crane
> On the Bohemia River
>
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