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Seamanship Question #33
"Bob" wrote in message oups.com... I'm not a real sailor but I would like to be someday......................... So you are telling me that nobody does an hourly visual look to the bilge to see what lurking down there? I guess that is probably to nast of a job for real saliors. If you must do an hourly inspection of the bilge, you would have to be quite unfamiliar with your boat. Daily is sufficient, if you know what condition the packing glad is in, not to mention that most bilges have automatic pumps which will alert you to an incoming water problem should one occur. Only the highly paranoid would do an hourly inspection, once familiar with the boat. Here is a question I will give 10 points to anybody who knows the correct answe "Columbus discovered America in ____absentia______________." Max |
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Seamanship Question #33
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Bart Senior wrote: Correct. This is the most important reason. 1 point to you. If they had hand pumped the bilge they would have saved their batteries, and been aware of the problem early on. Why is it a good idea to hand pump your bilge every day when sailing on the ocean? [1 pt] It's one way to detect any changes in the amount of water in your bilge. I'm not a real sailor but I would like to be someday......................... So you are telling me that nobody does an hourly visual look to the bilge to see what lurking down there? I guess that is probably to nast of a job for real saliors. Here is a question I will give 10 points to anybody who knows the correct answe "Columbus discovered America in __________________." Go to it . Columbus didn't discover America; he discovered Santo Domingo.... |
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Seamanship Question #33
I have to dis-agree Doug, I think it is wise to view your bilges more
often than once a day. I like to do it at a min of once every 6 hours while underway. First thing in watch change joe |
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Seamanship Question #33
On 8 Mar 2006 06:14:45 -0800, "Joe" wrote:
I have to dis-agree Doug, I think it is wise to view your bilges more often than once a day. I like to do it at a min of once every 6 hours while underway. First thing in watch change joe Agree with Joe. On a delivery of a new boat, wind conditions changed creating additional heel. An improperly designed anti-siphon loop started taking on water. A once a day bilge check might have been a disaster. Our watches were set at four hours and it was on the check list. Frank |
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Seamanship Question #33
It is easier to manually pump the bilge. Most
often a manual pump is located on deck near the helm. If the bilge is expected to be dry and that is found not to be the case, further investigation would be warranted. Should you actually inspect the bilge? Yes periodically. How often is up to you. I've found that even small cracks that can't be sealed will leak water. The important thing to remember is to check it often. I've often read of people waking up to find water over the cabin sole. Checking often, either by using a manual bilge pump and or visual inspection might give you the extra time needed to save the boat. The lesson here is it is a good idea to manually pump the bilge because it makes it more obvious if water is coming into the boat, while electric bilge pumps make such problems transparent until they are more severe. Also, it saves your batteries and give you a bit of exercise. Use your manual bilge pump often to ensure it works, and have spare parts on hand. Having more than one pump is a smart idea also. By the way, you get to be a real sailor by actually sailing, by being humble enough to realize that you can learn from everyone, and finally by being smart enough to recognize that the subject is one that requires deep and constant study to master. "Bob" wrote Bart Senior wrote: If they had hand pumped the bilge they would have saved their batteries, and been aware of the problem early on. Why is it a good idea to hand pump your bilge every day when sailing on the ocean? [1 pt] It's one way to detect any changes in the amount of water in your bilge. I'm not a real sailor but I would like to be someday......................... So you are telling me that nobody does an hourly visual look to the bilge to see what lurking down there? I guess that is probably to nast of a job for real saliors. |
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"Frank Boettcher" wrote in message ... On 8 Mar 2006 06:14:45 -0800, "Joe" wrote: I have to dis-agree Doug, I think it is wise to view your bilges more often than once a day. I like to do it at a min of once every 6 hours while underway. First thing in watch change joe Agree with Joe. On a delivery of a new boat, wind conditions changed creating additional heel. An improperly designed anti-siphon loop started taking on water. A once a day bilge check might have been a disaster. Our watches were set at four hours and it was on the check list. A new sportfisherman, built in NC and being delivered to the Miami Boat Show, sank in the Neuse River just off Oriental about a month or so ago. Seems the dripless gland on one of the shafts ruptured and allowed the bilge to flood, ultimately sinking the boat and killing both delivery pilots aboard. I wonder if they ever checked the bilge prior to its flooding. Max |
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Columbus discoverded America in...... a Sailboat!
Joe |
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"Joe" wrote:
I have to dis-agree Doug, I think it is wise to view your bilges more often than once a day. I like to do it at a min of once every 6 hours while underway. First thing in watch change Frank Boettcher wrote: Agree with Joe. On a delivery of a new boat, wind conditions changed creating additional heel. An improperly designed anti-siphon loop started taking on water. A once a day bilge check might have been a disaster. Our watches were set at four hours and it was on the check list. In an unfamiliar boat, or on a delivery (which would also be in an unfamiliar boat), sure. But in a well-found boat that you know and have confidence in? On my own boats I've gone weeks without looking in the bilge, nor having any reason to. On somebody elses boat I might look more often, especially at first... if they asked me to check once per watch, OK. Once per hour? I would wonder what made them so paranoid. DSK |
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DSK wrote: But in a well-found boat that you know and have confidence in? On my own boats I've gone weeks without looking in the bilge, nor having any reason to. Once per hour? I would wonder what made them so paranoid. DSK Life on the water. Do you allow smoking on your boat too? |
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On my own boats I've gone weeks without looking in the
bilge, nor having any reason to. Once per hour? I would wonder what made them so paranoid. DSK Bob wrote: Life on the water. Without doing proper maintenance? Do you allow smoking on your boat too? Yes, but only after sex. DSK |
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