[Rhodes22-list] Testing the positive flotation

Mon Sep 7 21:01:07 EDT 2020

Impressive work, thanks for sharing!

On Mon, Sep 7, 2020 at 7:34 PM <cjlowe at sssnet.com> wrote:

> The parts, including the fiberglass, resin , sandpaper, multi- tool for
> sanding( harbor freight $40) rollers, spreaders, bilge pump, hose,
> hardener, totaled less than $500.
> One more pic an then The End.
>
>
>
>
> > And this.
> >
> >
> >> Two weeks and three days later, I’m back enjoying views like this
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>> Before I put the ballast Back in, I took her to a closer lake and
> >>> motored
> >>> around for an hour , checking for leaks. Dry as a bone, YEA.
> >>> I take it he rudder off for trailering and I didn’t bother putting it
> >>> back
> >>> on for this test. I do not recommend this as stealing is very dicey.
> >>> All
> >>> went well and I went home and filled the bilge and fiberglassed I over.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>>> 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  .
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>> Parts of the CB trunk you most likely haven’t seen
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>> Inside looking out
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>> 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.
> >>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>> 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
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