[Rhodes22-list] Water in the cockpit when motoring

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Susan,
I keep a wood dowel shaped for the hole handy when I take a lot of people  
out. It's nothing more than an old sofa's wooden leg sanded down to fit into 
the  hole. 
 
Rummy
 
 
In a message dated 6/8/2015 10:29:32 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org writes:

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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