Calif Bill wrote:
"Eisboch" wrote in message
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"hk" wrote in message
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On Aug 19, 9:58 am, "Eisboch" wrote:
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OK, lets try for some real info this time and no insults. Do so-
called offshore boats really have good scuppers? Can anybody provide
a link to a pic of such?
Next, areas below the deck, are they sealed on offshore boats or
accessible via a hatch? How much do said hatches leak? (my sealed
compartments have 6" screw in type access ports).
By that controversial Florida fellow:

http://www.yachtsurvey.com/sinking.htm

Eisboch
I like Pasco. Interesting that he says to seal up scuppers if they
are too low and rely on bilge pumps.

In the pic he gave, the scupper was even with the cockpit sole, so why
have a bilge pump? Where is the pump pumping if the deck is supposed
to be sealed?

Oi! Oi! Oi!

Honest to goodness, sir, you have no business heading 50 miles out into
the Atlantic Ocean in a little outboard boat, and I mean no insult.


I agree.

When we were in Florida (Jupiter) even the big boats planning the crossing
would assemble down by Peanut Island, wait for good weather, then all make
the crossing together.

Eisboch


No problem going out to sea in a small boat if a bigger one is around to
rescue you.
http://cma-virtualftv.org/?p=7695




That's simply not true. All manner of horrible things can happen if your
boat swamps or is holed or is flipped, even if there is a rescue boat
nearby. It's less of a problem if there is a boat nearby, but the
situation remains dangerous.

Where do you guys get these ideas?