Assisted in saving two sinking boats yesterday.

The first was a 20' CC (with a low transom engine cutout) that was just on
the verge of swamping.
The water was less than an inch from flowing over the cutout. The two
little self bailing scuppers were a foot or more below the waterline.

I didn't dare step in the boat as my weight would certainly put it under, so
I grabbed a bucket and a hand pump and started bailing, kneeling on the
dock. Fortunately, Kingman people showed up with a couple of large pumps
and a battery pac and we prevented a dockside sinking. It appears the
boat's installed bilge pump was bad or the fuse was blown or something and
the buckets of rain that we have due to thunderstorms lately had nowhere to
go.

Later that evening a large (50 something footer) Carver Motoryacht pulled
into a nearby slip, but never shut down.
I noticed stern hatches were opened and people were running around with
buckets and broom handles.

Seems a thru bolt somewhere in the hull came loose and fell out somehow and
water was rushing in like a geyser.
I think it was one of the bolts for the cutlass bearing mount. Attempts
were being made to stuff the hole with anything handy, but the broom handles
wouldn't fit. One guy was furiously trying to whittle a handle down.

I remembered that I had an assortment of tapered, wooden bungs on my boat
and ran back to grab a couple.
One size fit the hole perfectly and stopped the leak with one good rap with
a hammer.

Lots of handshaking going on after that with a very nervous boat owner.

Eisboch

On Sat, 26 Jul 2008 08:22:18 -0400, "Eisboch" wrote:

Assisted in saving two sinking boats yesterday.

The first was a 20' CC (with a low transom engine cutout) that was just on
the verge of swamping.
The water was less than an inch from flowing over the cutout. The two
little self bailing scuppers were a foot or more below the waterline.

I didn't dare step in the boat as my weight would certainly put it under, so
I grabbed a bucket and a hand pump and started bailing, kneeling on the
dock. Fortunately, Kingman people showed up with a couple of large pumps
and a battery pac and we prevented a dockside sinking. It appears the
boat's installed bilge pump was bad or the fuse was blown or something and
the buckets of rain that we have due to thunderstorms lately had nowhere to
go.

Later that evening a large (50 something footer) Carver Motoryacht pulled
into a nearby slip, but never shut down.
I noticed stern hatches were opened and people were running around with
buckets and broom handles.

Seems a thru bolt somewhere in the hull came loose and fell out somehow and
water was rushing in like a geyser.
I think it was one of the bolts for the cutlass bearing mount. Attempts
were being made to stuff the hole with anything handy, but the broom handles
wouldn't fit. One guy was furiously trying to whittle a handle down.

I remembered that I had an assortment of tapered, wooden bungs on my boat
and ran back to grab a couple.
One size fit the hole perfectly and stopped the leak with one good rap with
a hammer.

Lots of handshaking going on after that with a very nervous boat owner.

Eisboch


Life on the barge, eh?

Sounds like it was time for a beer after all that. I wouldn't have had one,
mind you, but I sure as hell would have thought of it!

Eisboch wrote:
Assisted in saving two sinking boats yesterday.

The first was a 20' CC (with a low transom engine cutout) that was just on
the verge of swamping.
The water was less than an inch from flowing over the cutout. The two
little self bailing scuppers were a foot or more below the waterline.

I didn't dare step in the boat as my weight would certainly put it under, so
I grabbed a bucket and a hand pump and started bailing, kneeling on the
dock. Fortunately, Kingman people showed up with a couple of large pumps
and a battery pac and we prevented a dockside sinking. It appears the
boat's installed bilge pump was bad or the fuse was blown or something and
the buckets of rain that we have due to thunderstorms lately had nowhere to
go.

Later that evening a large (50 something footer) Carver Motoryacht pulled
into a nearby slip, but never shut down.
I noticed stern hatches were opened and people were running around with
buckets and broom handles.

Seems a thru bolt somewhere in the hull came loose and fell out somehow and
water was rushing in like a geyser.
I think it was one of the bolts for the cutlass bearing mount. Attempts
were being made to stuff the hole with anything handy, but the broom handles
wouldn't fit. One guy was furiously trying to whittle a handle down.

I remembered that I had an assortment of tapered, wooden bungs on my boat
and ran back to grab a couple.
One size fit the hole perfectly and stopped the leak with one good rap with
a hammer.

Lots of handshaking going on after that with a very nervous boat owner.

Eisboch



I think you need to get a shirt with a big "S" saw on the front. Nice job.

On Sat, 26 Jul 2008 08:22:18 -0400, "Eisboch"
wrote:

I remembered that I had an assortment of tapered, wooden bungs on my boat
and ran back to grab a couple.
One size fit the hole perfectly and stopped the leak with one good rap with
a hammer.

Good preparation, especially for a new boat !

"Eisboch" wrote in
:

Lots of handshaking going on after that with a very nervous boat owner.

Eisboch


No yachtie is friendlier to anyone than to a guy with a portable bilge
pump...walking down the dock at just the right time....(c;

Every marina should have fire extinguishers and AC-powered portable bilge
pumps with the DOCK PLUGS on them stowed in little emergency lockers on
every dock. At $500/month, it won't kill them to spend a few bucks on the
customers besides paying the light bill!

Very cool
JR

On Sat, 26 Jul 2008 08:22:18 -0400, "Eisboch"
wrote:

Assisted in saving two sinking boats yesterday.

The first was a 20' CC (with a low transom engine cutout) that was just on
the verge of swamping.
The water was less than an inch from flowing over the cutout. The two
little self bailing scuppers were a foot or more below the waterline.

I didn't dare step in the boat as my weight would certainly put it under, so
I grabbed a bucket and a hand pump and started bailing, kneeling on the
dock. Fortunately, Kingman people showed up with a couple of large pumps
and a battery pac and we prevented a dockside sinking. It appears the
boat's installed bilge pump was bad or the fuse was blown or something and
the buckets of rain that we have due to thunderstorms lately had nowhere to
go.

Later that evening a large (50 something footer) Carver Motoryacht pulled
into a nearby slip, but never shut down.
I noticed stern hatches were opened and people were running around with
buckets and broom handles.

Seems a thru bolt somewhere in the hull came loose and fell out somehow and
water was rushing in like a geyser.
I think it was one of the bolts for the cutlass bearing mount. Attempts
were being made to stuff the hole with anything handy, but the broom handles
wouldn't fit. One guy was furiously trying to whittle a handle down.

I remembered that I had an assortment of tapered, wooden bungs on my boat
and ran back to grab a couple.
One size fit the hole perfectly and stopped the leak with one good rap with
a hammer.

Lots of handshaking going on after that with a very nervous boat owner.

Eisboch

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Seems a thru bolt somewhere in the hull came loose and fell out somehow and
water was rushing in like a geyser.
I think it was one of the bolts for the cutlass bearing mount. Attempts
were being made to stuff the hole with anything handy, but the broom handles
wouldn't fit. One guy was furiously trying to whittle a handle down.

I remembered that I had an assortment of tapered, wooden bungs on my boat
and ran back to grab a couple.
One size fit the hole perfectly and stopped the leak with one good rap with
a hammer.

Lots of handshaking going on after that with a very nervous boat owner.

Eisboch

I've used those styrofoam fishing floats for just that purpose before.
Not as permanant or solid as a wooden bung, but it fixed the problem
until we were able to get back to the lift at the dock.

Sexton

Way to go!!

--Mike

"Eisboch" wrote in message
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Assisted in saving two sinking boats yesterday.

The first was a 20' CC (with a low transom engine cutout) that was just
on the verge of swamping.
The water was less than an inch from flowing over the cutout. The two
little self bailing scuppers were a foot or more below the waterline.

I didn't dare step in the boat as my weight would certainly put it under,
so I grabbed a bucket and a hand pump and started bailing, kneeling on the
dock. Fortunately, Kingman people showed up with a couple of large pumps
and a battery pac and we prevented a dockside sinking. It appears the
boat's installed bilge pump was bad or the fuse was blown or something and
the buckets of rain that we have due to thunderstorms lately had nowhere
to go.

Later that evening a large (50 something footer) Carver Motoryacht pulled
into a nearby slip, but never shut down.
I noticed stern hatches were opened and people were running around with
buckets and broom handles.

Seems a thru bolt somewhere in the hull came loose and fell out somehow
and water was rushing in like a geyser.
I think it was one of the bolts for the cutlass bearing mount. Attempts
were being made to stuff the hole with anything handy, but the broom
handles wouldn't fit. One guy was furiously trying to whittle a handle
down.

I remembered that I had an assortment of tapered, wooden bungs on my boat
and ran back to grab a couple.
One size fit the hole perfectly and stopped the leak with one good rap
with a hammer.

Lots of handshaking going on after that with a very nervous boat owner.

Eisboch

On Sat, 26 Jul 2008 08:22:18 -0400, "Eisboch"
wrote:

Assisted in saving two sinking boats yesterday.

The first was a 20' CC (with a low transom engine cutout) that was just on
the verge of swamping.
The water was less than an inch from flowing over the cutout. The two
little self bailing scuppers were a foot or more below the waterline.

I didn't dare step in the boat as my weight would certainly put it under, so
I grabbed a bucket and a hand pump and started bailing, kneeling on the
dock. Fortunately, Kingman people showed up with a couple of large pumps
and a battery pac and we prevented a dockside sinking. It appears the
boat's installed bilge pump was bad or the fuse was blown or something and
the buckets of rain that we have due to thunderstorms lately had nowhere to
go.

Later that evening a large (50 something footer) Carver Motoryacht pulled
into a nearby slip, but never shut down.
I noticed stern hatches were opened and people were running around with
buckets and broom handles.

Seems a thru bolt somewhere in the hull came loose and fell out somehow and
water was rushing in like a geyser.
I think it was one of the bolts for the cutlass bearing mount. Attempts
were being made to stuff the hole with anything handy, but the broom handles
wouldn't fit. One guy was furiously trying to whittle a handle down.

I remembered that I had an assortment of tapered, wooden bungs on my boat
and ran back to grab a couple.
One size fit the hole perfectly and stopped the leak with one good rap with
a hammer.

Lots of handshaking going on after that with a very nervous boat owner.

Whoo Hoo!! Nice saves.

And people talk about me being over prepared. :)

~~ note to self - make some wooden plugs of various sizes for use as
emergency plugs ~~

"Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in message
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On Sat, 26 Jul 2008 08:22:18 -0400, "Eisboch"
wrote:

Assisted in saving two sinking boats yesterday.

The first was a 20' CC (with a low transom engine cutout) that was just
on
the verge of swamping.
The water was less than an inch from flowing over the cutout. The two
little self bailing scuppers were a foot or more below the waterline.

I didn't dare step in the boat as my weight would certainly put it under,
so
I grabbed a bucket and a hand pump and started bailing, kneeling on the
dock. Fortunately, Kingman people showed up with a couple of large pumps
and a battery pac and we prevented a dockside sinking. It appears the
boat's installed bilge pump was bad or the fuse was blown or something and
the buckets of rain that we have due to thunderstorms lately had nowhere
to
go.

Later that evening a large (50 something footer) Carver Motoryacht pulled
into a nearby slip, but never shut down.
I noticed stern hatches were opened and people were running around with
buckets and broom handles.

Seems a thru bolt somewhere in the hull came loose and fell out somehow
and
water was rushing in like a geyser.
I think it was one of the bolts for the cutlass bearing mount. Attempts
were being made to stuff the hole with anything handy, but the broom
handles
wouldn't fit. One guy was furiously trying to whittle a handle down.

I remembered that I had an assortment of tapered, wooden bungs on my boat
and ran back to grab a couple.
One size fit the hole perfectly and stopped the leak with one good rap
with
a hammer.

Lots of handshaking going on after that with a very nervous boat owner.

Whoo Hoo!! Nice saves.

And people talk about me being over prepared. :)

~~ note to self - make some wooden plugs of various sizes for use as
emergency plugs ~~


Mrs. Wave says purchase them. Do not get near power tools.