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Graham Stewart
Testing the positive flotation
2020-09-08; 22:35:20 EDT
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2005-04-29
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My boat has bricks of metal - steel, or possibly lead, covered with some fiberglass. It is ver hard like steel but has not rusted so I am not sure what it is. Graham Stewart Agile, Rodes 22, 1976 Kingston Ontario 2016-07-09 13.23.10.jpgSee the original archive post
-----Original Message----- From: Rhodes22-list [mailto:rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org] On Behalf Of THOMAS POLISE via Rhodes22-list Sent: Tuesday, September 8, 2020 6:10 PM To: The Rhodes 22 Email List Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Testing the positive flotation I also found a mass of concrete which I chopped about 3” out to make cabin floor even > On Sep 8, 2020, at 9:32 AM, John Keyser <retro53 at msn.com> wrote: > > ?When I stripped down my 1980 to refurbish the interior, I found a large mass of what seemed to be cement just behind the flotation in the bow. Some of it seemed to be covered with a fiberglass membrane, but some of it had become wet and was crumbling away. I was installing an automatic bilge pump a bit astern of it, so I just cleaned up the loose stuff so it wouldn't clog the pump. I didn't take any pictures. > > John K > 1980 R-22 > Deci-Belle > > ________________________________ > From: Rhodes22-list <rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org> on behalf of Todd Tavares <tavares0947 at gmail.com> > Sent: Tuesday, September 8, 2020 6:41 AM > To: The Rhodes 22 Email List <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org> > Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Testing the positive flotation > > 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. >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >>>> 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. 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