[Public-list] A few rookie questions

[edward schroeder]

George; it sounds as if the caulking is done in the cockpit sole, around the rudder post coming thru the sole. Is that correct? My seepage appears to be from the bottom of the rudder post outer tube, within the under cockpit sole sloping area.Could it be the water is really coming up the tube high on the outer tube, running down the concealed aft surface of the outer tube and then down the slope? Ed. Schroeder 

George Dinwiddie <gdinwiddie at alberg30.org> wrote:  Ed,

I was talking about the metal piece in the cockpit of the newer boats. 
You can see it in the photos on 
http://alberg30.org/maintenance/Steering/ArticulatedTiller/ but it's 
mostly covered with mainsheet.

Rebedding that isn't hard. Take off the tiller head (loosen the clamp 
bolt and tap upwards with a piece of wood). Unscrew the four screws in 
the corners. Lift up. Clean everything. Mask around it with tape. 
Bed it with lots of caulk. Put everything back.

- George

edward schroeder wrote:
> George; just read your answer, including mention of rudder post
> leaking. I just noticed Emotional Rescue is leaking there also. What
> do you recommend? Ed. Schroeder
> 
> George Dinwiddie wrote: Lloyd Pulley wrote:
>> Recently heavy rains overcame my bilge I suspect and then overcame the
>> batteries and flooded the cabin up to an inch. I had it pumped all out and
>> then tried to use the manual bilge but could not seem to get it to work...
>> Is the re a valve, a prime needed of sorts to get that thing to work?
>>
>> Is there anything else I need to worry about since it flooded so high?
> 
> 1. You need to make sure that your manual bilge pump works, or fix it if 
> it does not. This is a major safety issue. Most likely you've got a 
> Whale Gusher 10. If so, you can get a rebuild kit for it with all of 
> the rubber parts. You might want to take it apart, first, to make sure 
> the aluminum casting is OK. I nursed one along for years, but finally 
> replaced it. It's probably not worth keeping one as long as I did.
> 
> 2. You need to figure out where the water came in. This is a 
> maintenance issue. Check the chainplates. If water is coming in there, 
> you need to recaulk them right away before the knees rot out and you 
> lose the rig. Check the deck fittings, particularly in the cockpit. At 
> one time I was taking on a lot of water via the rudderpost fitting.
> 
>> Apparently the batteries now are shot and the cables fried.
> 
> Been there. Done that.
> 
> - George
> 
> 


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