Very clever idea on his part. I can't say I could come up with the same idea in a pinch like he was in.
Rick2752 wrote:
So all this happened and there wasn't some idiot blocking the dock when you got there
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| Author: | efollis [ Mon Aug 03, 2015 9:41 pm ] |
| Post subject: | How to save a sinking boat |
A mid 1980's 35' Chris Craft hit a rock the other day. Shaft was almost completely yanked from the boat, water flooding in, bilges unable to keep up, it was going down. A 16' Donzi gets a line attached and starts hauling boat to our marina about 1 km away. Bilges are unable to keep up. The wise captain used the engine as an emergency pump. He removed the raw-water intake hose and directed it to the water below the engine and revved the hell out of the engine in neutral. Although the boat kept sinking it slowed the rate of decent down. The Donzi dragged it to our boat dock where 8 boaters helped grab the boat and walked it to the boat launch (against as strong current) and it was picked up by the boat hoist. I never heard of this emergency strategy and I don't know if I could be this cool under such pressure.... but it is good to know! |
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| Author: | Rick2752 [ Tue Aug 04, 2015 7:11 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: How to save a sinking boat |
So all this happened and there wasn't some idiot blocking the dock when you got there |
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| Author: | ThaScoobs [ Tue Aug 04, 2015 7:36 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: How to save a sinking boat |
Very clever idea on his part. I can't say I could come up with the same idea in a pinch like he was in. Rick2752 wrote: So all this happened and there wasn't some idiot blocking the dock when you got there
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| Author: | Jdpber [ Tue Aug 04, 2015 8:53 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: How to save a sinking boat |
i have heard of this with guys off shore hitting things or blowing a shaft seal. . |
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| Author: | LouC [ Tue Aug 04, 2015 11:54 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: How to save a sinking boat |
You can do this on just about any engine that uses an engine mounted impeller if you have enough hose to reach the bottom of the bilge. It will suck it up fast. Now on an I/O with the drive mounted pump, if your raw water intake hose pops off or leaks like mine did, it does the opposite!! Fills the bilge with sea water really fast. Always check all the cooling hose clamps and fuel hose clamps, every one at the beginning of each season. |
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| Author: | Graham R [ Tue Aug 04, 2015 12:26 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: How to save a sinking boat |
Didn't older shaft driven boats commonly have this type of thing; incorporating valves and permanent pipework, so that the engine pump could either suck up water from outside or from the bilges? |
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