Help my RS600 is filling up with water!

   I've recently borrowed an RS600 from a mate and have taken it out a
couple of times and spent a fair amount of my time swimming rather than
sailing! After i had packed it away i took the bung out to check for
any water but nothing came out even though i heard a sloshing from the
bow. There seems to be a fair amount of water inside but i can't see
any way of accessing it!

Does anyone know of a similar problem or know how i could sort it out?

Cheers

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timnoyce Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Visit Member's Homepage Really should get out more Joined: 05 Aug 04 Location: Hampshire Online Status: Offline Posts: 1991	Post Options Post Reply Quote timnoyce Report Post Quote Reply Topic: Help my RS600 is filling up with water! Posted: 24 Jan 05 at 12:06pm
	I've recently borrowed an RS600 from a mate and have taken it out a couple of times and spent a fair amount of my time swimming rather than sailing! After i had packed it away i took the bung out to check for any water but nothing came out even though i heard a sloshing from the bow. There seems to be a fair amount of water inside but i can't see any way of accessing it! Does anyone know of a similar problem or know how i could sort it out? Cheers

Contender443 Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Visit Member's Homepage Really should get out more Joined: 01 Oct 04 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 1211	Post Options Post Reply Quote Contender443 Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 24 Jan 05 at 12:30pm
	I remember seeing a RS600 sailor lifting his boat completely vertical to empty it of water. It can be done by one person as the boat is relatively light. Is there some sort of bulkhead that means you need to do this - perhaps a RS 600 sailor could answer this.
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JimC Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Visit Member's Homepage Really should get out more Joined: 17 May 04 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 6649	Post Options Post Reply Quote JimC Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 24 Jan 05 at 1:24pm
	One thing to check on how it might be getting in. A mate has an oldish RS400, and we happened to notice the other day that the hatches into the buoyancy tanks were falling off! The surrounds are pop riveted onto the deck moulding, and the rivets are corroding away - one of the hatches is now only held on by two rivets and isn't remotely waterproof. And because its the surround, not the hatch, the leak bypasses the O ring.

Rob.e Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Really should get out more Joined: 19 Oct 04 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 545	Post Options Post Reply Quote Rob.e Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 26 Jan 05 at 5:32pm
	I,ve seen several 600 sailors standing their boats on the transom to empty them! It's easy enough to do on your own.

timnoyce Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Visit Member's Homepage Really should get out more Joined: 05 Aug 04 Location: Hampshire Online Status: Offline Posts: 1991	Post Options Post Reply Quote timnoyce Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 27 Jan 05 at 1:47am
	excellent, cheers for the help guys. I'll have to give it a go when i'm up the club on saturday.

Matt Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Newbie Joined: 05 Nov 04 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 2	Post Options Post Reply Quote Matt Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 27 Jan 05 at 1:22pm
	From a 600 sailor. There is a bulkhead which gets in the way when emptying water from the hull and this is the reason for tipping the boat up on end. If you have a lot of water coming in the most problematic area is the back of the dagger board case. I suggest you check for wear and cracks there. Enjoy the boat cheers

timnoyce Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Visit Member's Homepage Really should get out more Joined: 05 Aug 04 Location: Hampshire Online Status: Offline Posts: 1991	Post Options Post Reply Quote timnoyce Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 02 Feb 05 at 9:58am
	Sorted. Tipped it up as suggested and the water came flowing out. The daggerboard case is the problem so i'll have to get the gelcoat out to fix that! Cheers for the help.

Chris Noble Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Really should get out more Joined: 26 Nov 04 Location: Scotland Online Status: Offline Posts: 710	Post Options Post Reply Quote Chris Noble Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 05 Feb 05 at 6:58pm
	this seems to be a common problem with the hatches on all RS's as ive heard of it a few times now and it happened to one of our 200's, the hatch just came off as all the rives corroded away, whats more is that there was so silicon or anything on the underside of the hatch base itself either.
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