[Rhodes22-list] Leak at the bow....where to look first

[cjlowe at sssnet.com]

I like to tape paper towels around the suspected areas and see which ones
show moisture first, then investigate further from there .


Jerry Lowe
S/V Country Rhodes '86





> Roger, Rob and Mike
> Thanks for the good suggestions. I'll start by taking off that cosmeticsus
> piece of wood at the bow and see what's behind. If nothing is loose I"ll
> have someone aim a hose at the bow while I"m inside watching in the hope
> that I might actually see where the water is getting in.
> I really do hope I don't have to rebed everything.
> Probably won't be able to do this till the weekend..I"ll report back on
> what I find
>
> Reuben Mezrich
> Pelican Cove in Sarasota
> Cell: 410-499-8922
>
>
> On Mon, Mar 1, 2021 at 5:15 PM Michael D. Weisner <mweisner at ebsmed.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Reuben,
>>
>> I would check the bow eye. The wood backing block usually rots and the
>> eye
>> loosens up. Sometimes just lifting the boat using the bow eye will cause
>> the eye to loosen as the wood compresses.
>>
>> Also, you may want to re-bed the bow pulpit rail deck fittings, chocks,
>> etc.
>>
>> Mike
>> s/v Wind Lass ('91)
>> Nissequogue River, NY
>> I’d rather be sailing :~)
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Rhodes22-list <rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org> On Behalf Of
>> Reuben Mezrich
>> Sent: Monday, March 1, 2021 4:08 PM
>> To: The Rhodes 22 Email List <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
>> Subject: [Rhodes22-list] Leak at the bow....where to look first
>>
>> As I mentioned a week or two ago, I installed a Marinco 3" Day/night
>> solar
>> vent at the bow, using the hole already in place for the anchor locker.
>> It
>> installed easily, seemed to work fine but a few days later we had a
>> heavy
>> rain and the next day the forward tips of the forward cabin cushions
>> were
>> wet. I removed the vent, replaced the deck plate, installed a new gasket
>> under the deck plate, applied a generous amount of RTV silicone to both
>> sides of the gasket and reinstalled the solar vent. The next day
>> (yesterday
>> actually) I used a hose to rain water on the forward deck, aiming at the
>> solar vent for about 6 minutes and when I checked below everything was
>> dry.
>> I checked again in an hour and it was still dry.
>> This morning there was about a cup of water, maybe two cups of water at
>> the bow. There was no water in the tray that serves as the anchor locker
>> and which is directly under the solar vent. The vent itself was dry as
>> was
>> the ceiling around the vent. The walls were also dry. I dried the water
>> with a towel and a few hours later a small amount of water seemed to be
>> seeping under a triangular piece of wood at the very  bow of the boat
>> (see
>> attached photo). I haven't removed that piece of wood yet but I'm pretty
>> sure I'll find the bolts from the chain plate at the bow for the jib
>> stay.
>> My feeling now is that the solar vent was never the source of the leak
>> but
>> I've had a small leak for a while but never noticed because I never had
>> a
>> reason to go up to the very front of the forward cabin. As it turns out
>> the
>> bottom of the cushions, which are rubberized are stained, giving
>> evidence
>> that the leak is likely long standing.
>> Those bolts would be my best guess as the source of the leak but I'd
>> look
>> forward to suggestions as to where else I might look.
>>
>> Its always something
>>
>> --Reuben
>>
>>
>> Reuben Mezrich
>> Pelican Cove in Sarasota
>> Cell: 410-499-8922
>>
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