"HK" wrote in message ...
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This happened to the previous owner of a 26' center console I
once owned.

He explained in detail how the pipe fitting to the under-deck well
came loose and the boat rapidly filled with water. He was several miles
off Jupiter inlet when this occurred and came close to capsizing but managed
to start the engines put the throttle down and high tail it back to safety
before it was too late.

db





An under deck live well? I've seen only a few of those on fishing
boats...and when I did, they gave me the shivers.


Yup,

The Mako had 3 of them with no means of recirculation.
Two long ones (approx 4') and about a 2' square one in
the center. Each had a 1.5" hose with shut off valve.
connected from tank to sea water If you opened
the shut off valve, the tanks filled up. I mounted a
12v pump with the intake on the square tank and
the output to the starboard tank. As the level fell
in the square tank, it would automatically fill fresh
seawater. As the level rose in the starboard tank, it would run
out. I used this for menhaden. You just had to remember
to close the valves and turn off the pump while underway.

I kept the port tank empty and on ice for the big kings.

Those valves got extremely hard to turn over the years.

db

"Gene Kearns" wrote in message . com...
On Thu, 03 Apr 2008 11:14:26 -0400, HK penned the following well
considered thoughts to the readers of rec.boats:

|D-unit wrote:
| "HK" wrote in message ...
| http://tinyurl.com/3dukk9
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|
| This happened to the previous owner of a 26' center console I
| once owned.
|
| He explained in detail how the pipe fitting to the under-deck well
| came loose and the boat rapidly filled with water. He was several miles
| off Jupiter inlet when this occurred and came close to capsizing but managed
| to start the engines put the throttle down and high tail it back to safety
| before it was too late.
|
| db
|
|
|
|
|
|An under deck live well? I've seen only a few of those on fishing
|boats...and when I did, they gave me the shivers.

I've got mixed feelings on that..... on one hand, the weight in the
live well is better balanced the lower it goes.... but I don't want to
try to dip for bait while on my knees.

As for the through hull fitting failing.... that could happen for any
appurtenance......



Those valves connected with a barbed fitting. Apparently
the hose "popped" off one of the valves. I guess the boat
was full of water before anyone realized what was happening.

They had pipe clamps on them by the time I took ownership.

db

"Eisboch" wrote in message
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"Gene Kearns" wrote in message
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It looks like at some point (like the first pic) they had the engines
high enough out of the water that it actually was pushing *down* on
the transom...



Hard to tell from the picture sequence. If the first picture is indeed
the first of the sequence, that boat was already sitting low in the water.
It must have been obvious to the operator due to the poor handling. I
doubt a missing plug would fill the boat so fast that he didn't begin to
notice the changed handling "feel".

My guess is they hit something that put a good sized hole in the hull.

Eisboch


Where is a bilge pump stream?