[Rhodes22-list] Water in the cockpit when motoring

Mon Jun 8 15:06:09 EDT 2015

Thanks Chuy.  The only problem with ine way valves is that they clog easily.  I tried it once and my boat very nearly sank as the cockpit filled with water from multiple thunderstorms in a one week timespan!  I got the dreaded marina phone call "yea your boat is sinking!"

Bob (palatka)

> On Jun 8, 2015, at 2:37 PM, The Rhodes 22 Email List <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org> wrote:
> 
> My idea would be to use a one way value so water can escape the cockpit but not enter.  Easy to make but they can be purchased on line. 
> 
> Chuy
> 
> 
> ---- The Rhodes 22 Email List <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org> wrote: 
>> Mary Lou,
>> 
>> Oh no, not another glue question!  Now Stan is paying attention.
>> 
>> Marine Goop is fine for this.  Or for the really committed, 3M5200.
>> 
>> Rick
>> 
>> On Mon, Jun 8, 2015 at 1:42 PM, The Rhodes 22 Email List <
>> rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org> wrote:
>> 
>>> That's a really clever idea, Rick. What kind of glue did you use?
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Thanks,
>>> Mary Lou
>>> 1991 R22 Fretless
>>> Rock Hall, MD
>>> 
>>> 
>>> At 01:30 PM 6/8/2015, you wrote:
>>>> No, the wide part is just in front of the drain to produce a vacuum in the
>>>> drain.
>>>> 
>>>> The problem with a plug is forgetting to take it out, then it rains.  I'm
>>>> sufficiently challenged to remember to close the companionway hatch before
>>>> leaving the boat.
>>>> 
>>>> Rick
>>>> 
>>>> On Mon, Jun 8, 2015 at 12:35 PM, The Rhodes 22 Email List <
>>>> rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>>> Rick,
>>>>> 
>>>>> So the wide part of the door stopper would be right over the drain
>>> hole?
>>>>> Is
>>>>> that correct?  I guess another solution is the find something to plug
>>> the
>>>>> drain hole in the cockpit.  Anyone else have a solution for this?  Is
>>> this
>>>>> going to happen even if not motoring if I bring 4 adults on the boat
>>> along
>>>>> with myself.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Susan
>>>>> 
>>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>>> From: rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org
>>>>> [mailto:rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org] On Behalf Of The Rhodes 22
>>>>> Email
>>>>> List
>>>>> Sent: Monday, June 08, 2015 10:29 AM
>>>>> To: The Rhodes 22 Email List
>>>>> Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Water in the cockpit when motoring
>>>>> 
>>>>> 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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