On Sat, 01 Sep 2007 22:53:59 -0400, HK wrote:

I see you are intent on working yourself down to Dan's level, in the sewer.


???

So tell us, what happens when you have a serious below the waterline
problem, and water starts pouring into the bilge through a hole or a
suddenly gone-south prop shaft? You and your barge make what, a big hole
in the water?

I guess that if we ever get hit by a nuclear torpedo or a hump back
whale we will be in deep do.

Not likely the life raft will help either but it might.

The standard remedy for a prop shaft that has gone missing is to drive
a tapered wooden plug into the hole. Easier said than done of course,
but also a fairly remote possibility. And yes, I do carry some
tapered plugs and a hammer. Broken raw water cooling hoses are a more
common problem, best fixed by closing the sea cock.

In the event of a large hole? Man the life raft, its gonna sink.

But you knew all that, right?