Two On A Big Ocean The Story of the First Circumnavigation
of the Pacific Basin
in a Small Sailing Ship


      

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Re: lv-ab: Big Rain, Big Leaks

From: Rufus Laggren (no email)
Date: Sun Aug 15 1999 - 20:36:14 EDT

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    Several people have told me a length of lamp wick affixed to the
    exterior low side of each port, and hung an inch or two over, soaks up
    the water and than dries out quickly and helps a lot in preventing
    spills inside when opening a port after the rain.

    Rufus

    > << n a related question, when I open the portholes after a rain, the water
    > that has
    > collected in front of it spills in. Once we finish re-doing the walls, this
    > will
    > be a problem.
    >
    > Do I have to keep wiping it up, or has anyone got a better solution? It
    > doesn't
    > seem practical to add a sloping exterior piece.
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