I don't get it either. Whether the centerboard is up or down has nothing to 
 do with water migrating into the bilge. Something else is going on here.
 
Rummy
 
 
In a message dated 8/1/2012 8:13:40 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
r22yankeeclipper at hotmail.com writes:


Cary,I don't get that one at all......BK

> Date: Wed, 1  Aug 2012 14:50:26 -0400
> From: retiredtoby at gmail.com
> To:  rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org
> Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Fwd: water in  the bilge
> 
> FYI ...... Follow up. Water in the bilge.
>  The information I received from  a Catboat owner at the local marina  
seems
> to have relieved the problem.
> By lowering the  centerboard it seems to have stopped the water entry, at
> least while  parked at the slip. Released the centerboard Saturday and as 
of
>  Wednesday the bilge was very dry.
> 
> Cary
>  Radford,VA
> Whisper
> On Sat, Jul 28, 2012 at 8:59 PM, PBR  <pbryanriley at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> > My boat came with a  shore power plug in the cabin wall just above the
> > head.   Nothing electrical hooked up, just there for future stuff I
> >  guess.  Previous owner thought some of the hoses leaked.  Turned  out
> > that in a heavy rain or trailering in the rain, a lot of  water found
> > its way in through that plug.  It was snug to  the outside wall but the
> > cover did not seal well.  I wrapped  electrical tape around the
> > outside, stopping the lid from  opening, but also the rain.  No trouble
> > in two years  since.
> > -PBR
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