http://tinyurl.com/3dukk9

On Apr 2, 8:46*pm, HK wrote:
http://tinyurl.com/3dukk9

Wo' Hoppin'...?


there's no description of how or why it bit the drink.

tht last pic. surely that isn't the sunken craft being towed in


is it?

"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

"D-unit" wrote in message
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"HK" wrote in message
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http://tinyurl.com/3dukk9


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



Ha, Jupiter Inlet.

Eisboch (shivers at the thought)

D-unit wrote:
"HK" wrote in message ...
http://tinyurl.com/3dukk9


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.

"HK" wrote in message ...
D-unit wrote:
"HK" wrote in message ...
http://tinyurl.com/3dukk9


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
|
|
| 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

wrote:
On Wed, 02 Apr 2008 21:46:37 -0400, HK wrote:

http://tinyurl.com/3dukk9


Is that one of those low transoms I have been hearing about?


BTW, since he was underway I am guessing he didn't know he was sinking
until he stopped (plugs out?)

I think I would have made a run for the beach that looks a mile or two
away. That boat probably still does 30, full of water. You would just
have to do it and not dawdle.




Looks like one of those wonderful "eurotransom" boats to me. If it is,
that would be the worst of all worlds, transom-wise.

I believe the boat sank because the operator forgot to put in the
transom drain plug.

Maybe a two piece hull boat with a full liner. There's lots of hollow
spaces in some of them thar designs for water.

On Wed, 02 Apr 2008 23:54:05 -0500, wrote:

On Wed, 02 Apr 2008 21:46:37 -0400, HK wrote:


http://tinyurl.com/3dukk9


Is that one of those low transoms I have been hearing about?


BTW, since he was underway I am guessing he didn't know he was sinking
until he stopped (plugs out?)

I think I would have made a run for the beach that looks a mile or two
away. That boat probably still does 30, full of water. You would just
have to do it and not dawdle.


It does look that way. Besides, if it were the plug, wouldn't it self-bail
on the way in?

Didn't appear to have much flotation.
--
John *H*
(Not the other one!)

"John H." wrote in message
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On Wed, 02 Apr 2008 23:54:05 -0500, wrote:

On Wed, 02 Apr 2008 21:46:37 -0400, HK wrote:


http://tinyurl.com/3dukk9


Is that one of those low transoms I have been hearing about?


BTW, since he was underway I am guessing he didn't know he was sinking
until he stopped (plugs out?)

I think I would have made a run for the beach that looks a mile or two
away. That boat probably still does 30, full of water. You would just
have to do it and not dawdle.


It does look that way. Besides, if it were the plug, wouldn't it self-bail
on the way in?

Didn't appear to have much flotation.
--
John *H*
(Not the other one!)
Hindsight is always 20-20. At some point during that fiasco I would stop
running around in circles and look for a soft landing on shore somewhere and
hightail it.