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One of the regulars on an email list I belong to just posted this:
************************************************** ******** The local coast guard came down to a boat which had hit a rock with a can of foam-in-place. If you can slow the leak down somehow you can fire that into the bilge or wherever and it will hold the water back long enough for you to get somewhere. It is tenaciously gooey. I'm planning on putting a can onboard. ************************************************** ******** |
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... One of the regulars on an email list I belong to just posted this: ************************************************** ******** The local coast guard came down to a boat which had hit a rock with a can of foam-in-place. If you can slow the leak down somehow you can fire that into the bilge or wherever and it will hold the water back long enough for you to get somewhere. It is tenaciously gooey. I'm planning on putting a can onboard. ************************************************** ******** Interesting... -- "j" ganz @@ www.sailnow.com |
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Capt. JG wrote:
wrote in message ... One of the regulars on an email list I belong to just posted this: ************************************************** ******** The local coast guard came down to a boat which had hit a rock with a can of foam-in-place. If you can slow the leak down somehow you can fire that into the bilge or wherever and it will hold the water back long enough for you to get somewhere. It is tenaciously gooey. I'm planning on putting a can onboard. ************************************************** ******** Interesting... If you read the about the exploration trips of the 1500's to 1800's one of the techniques to save the ship was to rig a canvas patch over the hole. The technique was used when a ship hit the rocks or when a cannon ball holed the ship below the water line. The foam sounds like a good substitute for canvas, and would probable provide a better seal. Wish I had thought of it and I hope I will never have to use it. |
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Keith Nuttle wrote in news:gpQul.26263
: If you read the about the exploration trips of the 1500's to 1800's one of the techniques to save the ship was to rig a canvas patch over the hole. The technique was used when a ship hit the rocks or when a cannon ball holed the ship below the water line. The foam sounds like a good substitute for canvas, and would probable provide a better seal. Wish I had thought of it and I hope I will never have to use it. Navy DC school taught how to block holes in the hull so the pumps could keep up with the leakage. Once the hole was packed with an internal dam of wood, mattresses and whatever else would slow the flooding, canvas was dived over the side to let the seawater pressure force it into the hole as a sort of flapper valve. I don't see how you could get underway and keep the canvas in place, though.....without tearing off the canvas. We nearly drown in DC school trying to get the damned water to stop flooding the training compartment before we ran out of airspace to breathe. You work very hard in such a desparate situation as flooding a sealed compartment......even harder than I did in fire fighting school pushed into the totally dark, smoke filled compartment trying to put out the fire with foam and spray. The damned chief lit the diesel fire and then just stood there talking and talking about how we were going to put it out as the flames got bigger and bigger and HUGE! Suddenly, he simply stood aside and said, "Don't look at me, gentlemen.....After you...", gesturing towards the watertight hatch, which by now was so hot it was smoking, itself. We could hardly cool the damned door, talk nothing of putting out the fire....most enlightening.... Sitting in the cockpit, alone on midwatch, of some sailboat, I've often had flashbacks of that training while we're 100 miles offshore with no firefighting equipment bigger than a 5# extinguisher. That won't do anything for a fiberglass fire other than make it mad.... |
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Larry wrote:
Keith Nuttle wrote in news:gpQul.26263 : If you read the about the exploration trips of the 1500's to 1800's one of the techniques to save the ship was to rig a canvas patch over the hole. The technique was used when a ship hit the rocks or when a cannon ball holed the ship below the water line. The foam sounds like a good substitute for canvas, and would probable provide a better seal. Wish I had thought of it and I hope I will never have to use it. Navy DC school taught how to block holes in the hull so the pumps could keep up with the leakage. Once the hole was packed with an internal dam of wood, mattresses and whatever else would slow the flooding, canvas was dived over the side to let the seawater pressure force it into the hole as a sort of flapper valve. I don't see how you could get underway and keep the canvas in place, though.....without tearing off the canvas. We nearly drown in DC school trying to get the damned water to stop flooding the training compartment before we ran out of airspace to breathe. You work very hard in such a desparate situation as flooding a sealed compartment......even harder than I did in fire fighting school pushed into the totally dark, smoke filled compartment trying to put out the fire with foam and spray. The damned chief lit the diesel fire and then just stood there talking and talking about how we were going to put it out as the flames got bigger and bigger and HUGE! Suddenly, he simply stood aside and said, "Don't look at me, gentlemen.....After you...", gesturing towards the watertight hatch, which by now was so hot it was smoking, itself. We could hardly cool the damned door, talk nothing of putting out the fire....most enlightening.... Sitting in the cockpit, alone on midwatch, of some sailboat, I've often had flashbacks of that training while we're 100 miles offshore with no firefighting equipment bigger than a 5# extinguisher. That won't do anything for a fiberglass fire other than make it mad.... Those canvas thingies are called "collision mats." I've been thinking along these lines myself. For stuff you can get to you can use a wax toilet ring. I think Bruce mentioned that a while back somewhere. Then you can have a bag (or two) of cement on board to back up the hole. Weight as much as anything I guess. I know that Moitessier carried some kind of special cement. Mixed with clay I think. I have at times mixed plaster with mortar and it can make a pretty fast setting mix. (Why you ask? My fist wife, delicate flower that she was, once kicked a hole in the bathroom wall in a fit. (No I was not home nor do I know the cause.) But the mortar/plaster fix "fixed" the problem. She never did it again.) Back to the foam. I have a steel boat and the aft half of my keel is hollow and too deep for me to reach into. I can't reach about the last foot. The top of the keel extends up so that the sole rests on it and the hull is welded to the keel all around. My fear was that somehow I would hole the keel and not be able to control the leak. I had thought of pouring foam in but don't want to loose the storage space. I sometimes use Great Stuff, sparyed into plastic shopping bags to stabalize things, like my holding tank. Keep it firmly in place. The problem with that is that it takes a while to set up. To long in time of emergency. Ideally you would have some Great Stuff that would set up in 2 or 3 minutes. You could spray it into some kind of baggie and then, once it is nearly hard, cram it over the opening, backed up by something (cement or sole) and the foal would push into the opening. |
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HPEER wrote:
Larry wrote: Keith Nuttle wrote in news:gpQul.26263 : If you read the about the exploration trips of the 1500's to 1800's one of the techniques to save the ship was to rig a canvas patch over the hole. The technique was used when a ship hit the rocks or when a cannon ball holed the ship below the water line. The foam sounds like a good substitute for canvas, and would probable provide a better seal. Wish I had thought of it and I hope I will never have to use it. Navy DC school taught how to block holes in the hull so the pumps could keep up with the leakage. Once the hole was packed with an internal dam of wood, mattresses and whatever else would slow the flooding, canvas was dived over the side to let the seawater pressure force it into the hole as a sort of flapper valve. I don't see how you could get underway and keep the canvas in place, though.....without tearing off the canvas. We nearly drown in DC school trying to get the damned water to stop flooding the training compartment before we ran out of airspace to breathe. You work very hard in such a desparate situation as flooding a sealed compartment......even harder than I did in fire fighting school pushed into the totally dark, smoke filled compartment trying to put out the fire with foam and spray. The damned chief lit the diesel fire and then just stood there talking and talking about how we were going to put it out as the flames got bigger and bigger and HUGE! Suddenly, he simply stood aside and said, "Don't look at me, gentlemen.....After you...", gesturing towards the watertight hatch, which by now was so hot it was smoking, itself. We could hardly cool the damned door, talk nothing of putting out the fire....most enlightening.... Sitting in the cockpit, alone on midwatch, of some sailboat, I've often had flashbacks of that training while we're 100 miles offshore with no firefighting equipment bigger than a 5# extinguisher. That won't do anything for a fiberglass fire other than make it mad.... Those canvas thingies are called "collision mats." I've been thinking along these lines myself. For stuff you can get to you can use a wax toilet ring. I think Bruce mentioned that a while back somewhere. Then you can have a bag (or two) of cement on board to back up the hole. Weight as much as anything I guess. I know that Moitessier carried some kind of special cement. Mixed with clay I think. I have at times mixed plaster with mortar and it can make a pretty fast setting mix. (Why you ask? My fist wife, delicate flower that she was, once kicked a hole in the bathroom wall in a fit. (No I was not home nor do I know the cause.) But the mortar/plaster fix "fixed" the problem. She never did it again.) Back to the foam. I have a steel boat and the aft half of my keel is hollow and too deep for me to reach into. I can't reach about the last foot. The top of the keel extends up so that the sole rests on it and the hull is welded to the keel all around. My fear was that somehow I would hole the keel and not be able to control the leak. I had thought of pouring foam in but don't want to loose the storage space. I sometimes use Great Stuff, sparyed into plastic shopping bags to stabalize things, like my holding tank. Keep it firmly in place. The problem with that is that it takes a while to set up. To long in time of emergency. Ideally you would have some Great Stuff that would set up in 2 or 3 minutes. You could spray it into some kind of baggie and then, once it is nearly hard, cram it over the opening, backed up by something (cement or sole) and the foal would push into the opening. In the 1500's to 1800's there was no such thing as a collision mat. As I remember what I have read they took the extra sails and used them to close the holes. |
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On Sun, 15 Mar 2009 10:30:23 -0400, HPEER wrote:
Back to the foam. I have a steel boat and the aft half of my keel is hollow and too deep for me to reach into. I can't reach about the last foot. The top of the keel extends up so that the sole rests on it and the hull is welded to the keel all around. My fear was that somehow I would hole the keel and not be able to control the leak. I had thought of pouring foam in but don't want to loose the storage space. Most Navy ships have exposed hulls below the waterline, and carry dunnage and purpose-made devices for bracing. (I was a damage controlman for a bit, but by then it was called hull technician.) From what I've seen of sail boats, getting at a hole from the inside might not be practical. You might get "lucky" and get holed in a good place. I'd look for a heavy plastic (visqueen-like) sheeting kit that can be glued over the hole underwater. Might not be practical in cold water. Since I don't have a boat I haven't looked for such a kit, but I see no reason not to make one up. Here's as far as I'll go in research http://www.grainger.com/Grainger/ite...ements-_-1YDZ8 Just to confirm there are underwater glues readily available. Might be a better one than this. The kit should have a belt to keep it secure during the diving. Maybe a couple different sizes of heavy plastic sheeting to cover holes within reason. Outline hole with this glue stick, slap on the sheeting, and maybe razor off the excess sheeting beyond the glue outline. Off course I'm not arguing against the internally applied foam. The more prepared the better. Stopping the water with the external patch will allow time to get at it internally. If I had water rushing in behind a fixed cabinet or other inaccessible spot that the pump couldn't handle, my first inclination would be to go over the side with the patch kit. --Vic |
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On Sun, 15 Mar 2009 10:30:23 -0400, HPEER wrote:
Back to the foam. I have a steel boat and the aft half of my keel is hollow and too deep for me to reach into. I can't reach about the last foot. The top of the keel extends up so that the sole rests on it and the hull is welded to the keel all around. My fear was that somehow I would hole the keel and not be able to control the leak. I had thought of pouring foam in but don't want to loose the storage space. I think there's another issue with a steel boat. The foam will quite likely trap moisture against the hull and promote rusting, invisible rust at that. I wouldn't do it. |
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On Sat, 14 Mar 2009 16:11:54 +0000, Larry wrote:
no firefighting equipment bigger than a 5# extinguisher. T My daughter grabbed the 5 pound dry chem from the kitchen and went after a grass fire that was already a good thousand square feet. Talk about fighting out of one's weight. Big fireballs from ant nests. I figure methane. Casady |
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