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Bob Garrant
Solar panels and battery storage?
2026-10-26; 16:30:29 EDT
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2018-01-28
Posts: 141
I have two solar panels that charge two deep cycle batteries. I would like to: - remove the batteries and trickle charge them over the winter - tarp the boat for the winter Normally I left the batteries in the boat and did not tarp it to let the solar panels charge thee batteries. Any issues with that? Thanks Bob Garrant s/v Sail la Vie Kent Island, MD BobSee the original archive post
On Mon, Oct 26, 2026 at 12:41 PM Weiss, Robert L via Rhodes22-list < rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org> wrote: > I'm pretty sure the boat is unsinkable. As for a while, Stan had a photo > online of one completely full of water and still not sunk. (Only Stan would > do that.) > > Bob > > Dr. Robert L Weiss Jr. > Director of Music > First United Methodist Carbondale, IL > Professor Emeritus, SIUC > S/V Beach Spring > ________________________________ > From: Rhodes22-list <rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org> on behalf of > Graham Stewart <graham at debgraham.ca> > Sent: Monday, October 26, 2026 11:38 AM > To: The Rhodes Email List <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org> > Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Cockpit Drainage Channel - Cracking > > [EXTERNAL EMAIL ALERT]: Verify sender before opening links or attachments. > > On my boat the lazerette bulkhead is sealed off but the bulkhead under the > companion way has what I have always thought was a drain hole. As water > intrusion below the sole is always possible, if not inevitable, it makes > sense to me that it is there. > > The purpose of the foam, as I understand it, was to give the boat buoyancy > should it be swamped so it was “unsinkable “. I have not heard of a case > where that was actually tested. > Personally, I would grind out the crack in the lazerette and reglass it - > especially if your boat is subject to freezing in the winter. > I would look for cracks or holes in the cabin sole where water might get > in and fix them. > If there is a drain hole below the companion way, I would make sure it > isn’t blocked and then use a tube connected to a shop vac to blow air into > the cavity for 12 hours or so to dry out the cavity. If the is no drain > hole I would be tempted to make one. You don’t want water to get trapped > there. > > If the cabin sole is very soft, you might cut it out to remove the old > foam and replace it. That is not an impossible job but, personally, I would > not do it unless the sole is so soft it was cracking. > > Not having full flotation makes the Rhodes 22 more like every other boat > out there. Repairing fibreglass is a pita for sure but not particularly > difficult. I would be very reluctant to assume the boat is a write off if > it is otherwise ok. > > Graham > Agile, 1976 > > > On Oct 26, 2026, at 2:10 AM, ROGER PIHLAJA <roger_pihlaja at msn.com> > wrote: > > > > Hi Otto, > > > > There is floatation foam under the cockpit. The foam compartment is > separated from the lazerette by the bulkhead you are asking about. If you > check in the cabin, you will find a similar bulkhead at the aft end of the > cabin back up under the step. If these 2 bulkheads are compromised, it is > possible for bilge water to move from the cabin bilge to the lazerette and > vice versa. If your cockpit/lazerette bulkhead shows damage; then, it is > likely your cockpit/cabin bulkhead is damaged as well. If you have water > infiltration into the under cockpit foam, this would be very serious. It’s > probably not a DIY repair job. Does your cockpit sole feel “punky” or does > it oil can? It should feel as rigid as a concrete sidewalk. You should > have the boat surveyed. This may cost more to repair than the boat is > worth. Sorry to be the bearer of bad news. > > > > Roger Pihlaja > > S/V Dynamic Equilibrium > > Sanford, MI 1978 > > > > Sent from my iPhone > > > >> On Oct 25, 2026, at 6:09 PM, Otto Ohngren <ohngreno at gmail.com> wrote: > >> > >> Hello from Oregon, > >> > >> My Rhodes 22 was manufactured in 1992 and factory refurbished in 2012. > It is sailed on the Columbia River near Hermiston. > >> > >> Cracking has developed in the cockpit drainage channel at the aft end > of the boat along the bottom exterior of the lazarette. The cracks are on > both sides of the scupper hole. They may be the result of a prior freezing > event. On the inside of the lazarette the bulkhead seems solid. > >> > >> Visible from inside the lazarette below the bulkhead is a slightly > recessed parallel secondary wall, which continues to the bottom of the > hull. It is positioned near where the scupper plumbing comes through the > lazarette. The aft end of the cockpit tub floor (my term) is above that > thin secondary wall. There appears to be flotation material on the other > side of the wall. The fiberglass fabric making up that secondary wall is > deteriorated and torn. > >> > >> I’m wondering how common these two conditions are, how serious are > they, and what is the best way to repair them? Are the repairs something a > versatile owner with no prior fiberglass experience can properly accomplish > or are they best left to a pro? Qualified marine fiberglass professionals, > if any, are scant in these parts. I’m going to be selling her one of these > days and want to ensure these two issues are properly remedied. > >> > >> Any insight or suggestions for the good of the cause will be very much > appreciated. 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