[Rhodes22-list] Cockpit Seat Drains Replacement

[Jesse Shumaker]

Ha, I know what you mean.  If anyone sees my boat while I have several
winter projects underway, it would be embarrassing.  Until the cleanup
happens it can look like there's no way back to a respectable shape in the
foreseeable future.

On Sun, Mar 27, 2022 at 8:18 PM Graham Stewart <gstewart8 at cogeco.ca> wrote:

> Jesse :
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> If I knew where these projects would lead I probably would known better
> than to start. My 6 year reconstruction project started with trying to fix
> a soft spot on the deck. Once you start taking things apart you keep
> finding other problems that also need to be fixed and you can end up going
> backwards for years before things begin to move forward. My wife was sure
> that I had utterly destroyed the boat and would never complete the
> restoration. I had a few moments when I thought the same thing.
>
> Graham Stewart
> gstewart8 at cogeco.ca
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Rhodes22-list [mailto:rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org] On Behalf
> Of Jesse Shumaker
> Sent: Sunday, March 27, 2022 8:43 PM
> To: The Rhodes 22 Email List
> Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Cockpit Seat Drains Replacement
>
> Graham, your reply had me laughing since my projects usually go the
> opposite way.  I start on one project, which leads to another (probably
> bigger project), and suddenly I've decided to tackle a bunch more things
> while I'm at it.  You seemed to have planned upfront to take on everything
> right up front.
>
> Jesse Shumaker
> S/V Zephyr
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> On Sat, Mar 26, 2022 at 6:24 PM Graham Stewart <gstewart8 at cogeco.ca>
> wrote:
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> > Roger:
> > Perhaps I should have pointed out that I replaced the deck drains because
> > I was planning to paint the boat rather than imply that I painted the
> boat
> > because I changed the cockpit drains.
> >
> > Graham Stewart
> > gstewart8 at cogeco.ca
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> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Rhodes22-list [mailto:rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org] On
> Behalf
> > Of ROGER PIHLAJA
> > Sent: Saturday, March 26, 2022 1:48 PM
> > To: The Rhodes 22 Email List
> > Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Cockpit Seat Drains Replacement
> >
> > Graham,
> >
> > You always were an overachiever!
> >
> > Roger Pihlaja
> > S/V Dynamic Equilibrium
> >
> > Sent from my iPhone
> >
> > > On Mar 26, 2022, at 1:41 PM, Graham Stewart <gstewart8 at cogeco.ca>
> wrote:
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> > > Roger is absolutely right about painting epoxy. I should have
> mentioned
> > that. In this case I painted the entire deck and cockpit.
> > >
> > > Graham Stewart
> > > Agile, Rodes 22, 1976
> > > Kingston Ontario
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> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Rhodes22-list [mailto:rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org] On
> > Behalf Of ROGER PIHLAJA
> > > Sent: Saturday, March 26, 2022 1:11 PM
> > > To: The Rhodes 22 Email List
> > > Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Cockpit Seat Drains Replacement
> > >
> > > Hi Brian,
> > >
> > > I did something similar with the cockpit seat drains on my Rhodes 22.
> I
> > would add one thing to what Graham is proposing.  Epoxy does not have
> good
> > resistance to UV.  Therefore, it is important that you put a coat of
> paint
> > over the exposed epoxy around the thru hull.
> > >
> > > Roger Pihlaja
> > > S/V Dynamic Equilibrium
> > >
> > > Sent from my iPhone
> > >
> > >> On Mar 25, 2022, at 10:19 PM, Graham Stewart <gstewart8 at cogeco.ca>
> > wrote:
> > >>
> > >> Hi Brian:
> > >> What you saw was probably my post quite a few years ago. I have a 76
> > and found the drains to be inadequate as they would quickly fill with
> > leaves. Also the depression around the thruhull combined with the
> mushroom
> > thru-hull caught water that did not drain and left a stain.
> > >>
> > >> I replaced the 3.4" thru-hull in the transom with a 1 1/2' thru-hull
> > and the one in the cockpit with a flush mount scupper. To set the
> scupper I
> > covered the scupper with plastic wrap, placed it in the enlarged and
> > reinforced hole and filled the depression with epoxy/filler to get the
> > proper shape. I then removed the scupper, removed the plastic and reset
> the
> > scupper back into the hole with sealant. That gave me a nice flush
> mounted
> > drain that never gets plugged.
> > >>
> > >> I have attached a few pictures.
> > >>
> > >> Graham Stewart
> > >> Agile, Rodes 22, 1976
> > >> Kingston Ontario
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> > >>
> > >> -----Original Message-----
> > >> From: Rhodes22-list [mailto:rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org] On
> > Behalf Of Brian Ferguson
> > >> Sent: Friday, March 25, 2022 1:33 PM
> > >> To: The Rhodes 22 Email List
> > >> Subject: [Rhodes22-list] Cockpit Seat Drains Replacement
> > >>
> > >> I've searched the archives for this, but came up slim on details. My
> '76
> > >> came with cockpit seat drains that were probably 3/4 inch hoses run to
> > the
> > >> transom. I read in the archives that someone used a larger hose/tube
> and
> > >> opened the hole in the seat to a larger diameter. I'm not concerned
> > about
> > >> the transom opening, it's the seat drain where I need the help.
> > >> My questions is what would you use to create a drain and how to attach
> > it
> > >> to the seat mold. I was thinking of using a thru-hull and
> fiberglassing
> > it
> > >> underneath/inside the lazarette.
> > >> Thanks in advance,
> > >>
> > >> Brian
> > >>
> > >> NewIn76
> > >> Sumter, SC
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