Wow!
Quite a story and good documentation of your repair.

John K

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From: Rhodes22-list <rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org> on behalf of cjlowe at sssnet.com <cjlowe at sssnet.com>
Sent: Monday, September 7, 2020 7:41 PM
To: The Rhodes 22 Email List <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Testing the positive flotation

Hey, I’m back in control. After the glassing, I went to my local tire shop
an ask him if I could buy some old wheel weights from him. He lead me out
back and said will that be enough? Pointing at 10 five gallon buckets of
the item in question. I still have a scab from the blister from cutting
them up to add 20 more pounds to the keel




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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  .
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>>>> Parts of the CB trunk you most likely haven’t seen
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>>>>> Inside looking out
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>>>>>> Switched from tablet to phone and the pics are big, so a few more
>>>>>> pics
>>>>>> and
>>>>>> then more story.
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>>>>>>  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
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
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>>>>>>>> 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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