Dennis,
Apparently your hull sits in the water different than mine. When it rains I 
 get very little if any water going to the two stern drains. My boat is bow 
heavy  (by design, batteries and water tank) and all the water travels to 
the  centerboard pennant hole. What can't go down there simply overflows and 
goes  into the cockpit where it drains from there. I've known a couple of 
owners that  have drilled holes in their port and starboard cockpit seats near 
the cabin  bulkhead and attached drains to facilitate drainage. Without the 
drain and  hose the water would go through the hole and then run along the 
bottom of the  seat and drip into the cabin. 
I'm thinking you have a heavy (100 pounds) four stroke motor, electric  
start which means you have a battery in the lazerette plus the fuel tank. Stan  
has stated many times on the list that the R22 is supposed to be bow heavy 
for  increased pointing ability and speed. Try moving more weight forward to 
 eliminate the drainage problem and water in the lazerette.
 
Rummy
 
 
In a message dated 7/7/2012 10:17:32 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
mcneelyd at site-solutions.com writes:

Apparently the foam under the cockpit may or may not seal the  lazarette 
from
the bilge. 

Rainwater gets into our boat if the small  seat drains are obstructed in any
way. Even if the drains are clear, they  can't keep up with a prolonged
downpour, and water backs up over the lip at  the lazarette hatch. That 
water
will appear in the bilge on Magic Moments  within minutes if the boat is
level. It hasn't been a huge concern, but  this year I'll be flattening a 4"
section of the lip between the lazarette  and the cabin floor to allow water
to run off to the floor  drain.

Dennis
s/v Magic Moments ('87 Rhodes 22)


->  original message snipped for your reading pleasure :)

> In a  message dated 7/5/2012 8:03:32 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, 
>  jjcampjr at yahoo.com writes:
>
> Here, on the Bohemia  River (Upper Chesapeake) we had a big 
> (big) blow last week.  Some of the middle east coast is still out of
power. 
> Well,  I rowed out to my boat on its mooring yesterday and noticed a  list
to
> starboard and bow down a bit. The big blow had  apparently blown up the
lid to 
> my lazarette. Three and one  half inches of rain went into the  opened
hatch


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