[Rhodes22-list] Testing the positive flotation

[cjlowe at sssnet.com]

Switched from tablet to phone and the pics are big, so a few more pics and
then more story.




 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.
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> Jerry Lowe SV Country Rhodes ‘86
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>> 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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