[Rhodes22-list] Testing the positive flotation

[cjlowe at sssnet.com]

> After cleaning out and sanding the repair area inside and out, I put 4
> layers of cloth/mat on the outside and alternating 4 layers each of mat
> and roving  .
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>> Parts of the CB trunk you most likely haven’t seen
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>>> Inside looking out
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>>>> Switched from tablet to phone and the pics are big, so a few more pics
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>>>> then more story.
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>>>>  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
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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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