[Rhodes22-list] Testing the positive flotation

Tue Sep 8 10:06:54 EDT 2020

Todd,
What you see is pretty much what I reused. To be fair, forward and aft of
the repair area is solid, I'd guess epoxy sand lead mix. The lead looked
to be scrap from battery manufacturing.1/16" thick, 3/4" wide and anywhere
from 1/4 to 6" long. My bilge has always been a little damp, entering
above the waterline. At one time it might have all been solid, but NY and
Ohio winter freeze and thaw cycles broke it up, would be my guess. The
four inch PVC pipe was there, but four years ago I dug out all the loose
ballast and put that 1.5" PVC pipe in to be able to use a turkey baster to
remove excess moisture.
  Jerry

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 didnâ€™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 havenâ€™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 â€˜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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