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Posted By: Gene Halpern, ex-Nimble 20
Date: 9/23/07 11:14a.m.

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In Response To: Thanks (David Hollenback)

Get the watter inside the boat completely sponged up and dried off. Take a garden ose and aim a small stream down the mizzen mast hole at the rear of the boat... water should come out a small diameter weep hole at the rear of the engine well. At some point, hold your thumb over the weep hole, and flood the mast hole---you'd be surprised at what sort of trash/bugs will accumulate at the bottom. Flush it all out of the top---and make sure the weep hole is functioning.
At no point SHOULD any of this water get into the bilge. If it does, it's probably caused by the mizzen mast wearing a hole in the bottom of the shaft. I've never had that, but I would think that could be fixed by pouring a bit of epoxy down there---followed up with a thin disk of plywood or...?
The best time to find a rain-leak on a boat is to be in the boat during a downpour. Noah would back me up on this... If you can't arrange a 40-day/night deluge (by being wicked), a friend with a garden hose will substitute. Omit the animals.
Open the bilge access hole on the floor of the cabin just below the companionway. If water is getting in there, try to determine from WHICH direction it is coming.
The nice shiny "centerboard trunk" (with the teak on top of it) is not really the trunk... the REAL trunk (which holds the centerboard) is inside of it. What you see is just the fancy cover.
$950 ?? Was the boat complete?

Messages In This Thread

Nimble 20 -- sean -- 1/12/07 2:56p.m.

Nimble 20 in Austin area -- Jim Bailey -- 1/12/07 4:45p.m.

nimble 20 near austin -- sean -- 1/12/07 4:57p.m.

Nimble 20 -- sean -- 1/14/07 6:06p.m.

addional photos of rudder -- sean -- 1/14/07 6:08p.m.

and one more of boat -- sean -- 1/14/07 6:09p.m.

Texas Nimble 20 -- Jim Bailey -- 1/14/07 7:23p.m.

Nimble 20 -- sean -- 1/14/07 7:28p.m.

Since noboby but Jim … -- Mark N, Nimble Arctic, Jax FL -- 1/20/07 4:10p.m.

N20 -- Rick Lapp -- 1/20/07 9:21p.m.

N20 -- sean -- 1/21/07 6:07a.m.

Loose liner -- Ray Henry, Nimble Kodiak Yawl, "Seaweed", NC -- 1/21/07 6:43a.m.

When my gudgeon broke -- Paul Miller, Nimble 20, Deland, FL -- 1/21/07 12:03p.m.

N20 rudder -- Rick Lapp -- 1/30/07 10:21p.m.

More pics -- Rick Lapp -- 1/30/07 10:25p.m.

Last one -- Rick Lapp -- 1/30/07 10:26p.m.

Rudder Base Plate -- sean -- 1/31/07 6:01a.m.

Rudder Plate -- Rick Lapp -- 2/2/07 12:42a.m.

Manual -- David Hollenback -- 9/22/07 11:09a.m.

No Such Thing... -- Mark N, Nimble Arctic, Jax FL -- 9/22/07 3:45p.m.

a manual knows nothing -- scott barnes -- 9/22/07 5:28p.m.

Let's write a Nimble manual -- Brent -- 10/9/07 2:20p.m.

Re: Let's write.... -- Paul Miller, Nimble 20, Deland, FL -- 10/11/07 4:13p.m.

Getting it hosted -- Brent -- 10/14/07 1:19p.m.

Nimble Owner's Manual - a start -- Brent -- 10/17/07 10:25a.m.

Kewl! We can all have some fun with this! -- Paul Miller, Nimble 20, Deland, FL -- 10/17/07 6:16p.m.

Thanks -- David Hollenback -- 9/23/07 4:44a.m.

Water can run to a low spot from a leak a *LONG* way away! -- Ray Henry, Nimble Kodiak Yawl, "Seaweed", NC -- 9/23/07 7:39a.m.

I don't understand "water in the centerboard trunk" Do you mean water in the -- norm ex-nimble new orleans -- 9/23/07 8:51a.m.

Wil look into it -- David Hollenback -- 10/18/07 5:05p.m.

norm is probably right -- scott barnes -- 9/23/07 9:04a.m.

leak -- Gene Halpern, ex-Nimble 20 -- 9/23/07 11:14a.m.

Leaky "20" -- Jim/Mobile -- 9/23/07 1:28p.m.

What Bargain -- David Hollenback -- 10/18/07 5:18p.m.

What a Learning Experiance -- David Hollenback -- 10/18/07 5:15p.m.

If you have an aluminum toe rail the fastening are right underneath and, on my -- norm ex-nimble new orleans -- 10/19/07 5:21a.m.

Toe Rail -- David Hollenback -- 10/19/07 4:49p.m.

Dave, the N20 toerail forms an integral -- Paul Miller, Nimble 20, Deland, FL -- 10/19/07 5:23p.m.

Found Them -- David Hollenback -- 11/1/07 9:19a.m.

wood flooring -- shenanigans -- 10/19/07 8:04a.m.

flooring supplier -- scott barnes, n20 -- 10/19/07 3:27p.m.

Wood -- David Hollenback -- 10/19/07 4:46p.m.

Flooring -- David Hollenback -- 10/19/07 4:44p.m.

Here's an account of my cabin sole replacement -- Ray Henry -- 10/20/07 3:54p.m.

Beautiful -- David Hollenback -- 11/1/07 9:23a.m.

Agree with Mark -- no manual -- Paul Miller, Nimble 20, Deland, FL -- 9/24/07 1:32p.m.

replacement solar bronze fan for M20 -- chris spohr -- 7/28/07 11:29a.m.

Sola vents. -- Jim Bailey -- 7/28/07 8:26p.m.

solar vent -- Gene Halpern, ex-Nimble 20 -- 7/28/07 8:42p.m.

I agree with Gene. Mine was "bullet proof" and just needed TLC. -- norm ex-nimble new orleans -- 7/29/07 11:15a.m.

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