[Rhodes22-list] Testing the positive flotation

[Todd Tavares]

Jerry,

So what was in there for ballast originally?
I hope it wasn't sand and gravel as it appears in one of the pics.

Todd T.

tavares0947 at gmail.com

On Mon, Sep 7, 2020, 8:09 PM <cjlowe at sssnet.com> wrote:

> 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.
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> >> 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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