[Rhodes22-list] Testing the positive flotation

[cjlowe at sssnet.com]

I called my brother on the way home, and he agreed to meet me back at the
lake to pull out. The pump kept up to the ingress for over three hours,
until the boat was on wheels. The hole was about ten inches forward of the
centerboard trunk , about the size of my fist. This area of the keel is
where most of the ballest is. About a heaping dish pan full came out of
the Area  I needed to access for the repair. Time for supper , so a few
more pics and more later.

Jerry Lowe SV Country Rhodes ‘86





> A month ago, I went out on my first overnight in two years. Nice
> uneventful night, woke up to the swallows darting in and out of the wispy
> morning fog and using my rigging as home base for their morning hunt. Dove
> into a much needed bucket and sponge wash of the topside. Then on the way
> back to the dock,I went to part of the lake I don't normally visit. On the
> way back to the dock I hugged the shore more closely than I do when I
> normally return to the slip. 500 feet front my slip, at no wake speed I
> hit something under water. It lifted the front of the boat up and I was
> hung up. I rocked the boat side to side several times and no luck. I
> stepped back to put the motor in reverse, and it freed itself. Went to
> slip and tied up, and just before I went home, I thought I'd better check
> the bilge. One inch below the floorboards, and rapidly rising.
>  Home , truck, and trailer are 35 miles away, so I go to the marina and
> buy a bilge pump and some hose. I cut the cord off the hand held vacuum
> and wire and plumb every thing up and head for home. I'm going to stop
> here and post a few pictures and start a new post. Notebook problems.
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