It seems the care and maintenance of a boat is never ending...
Yesterday, I kept hearing the bilge pump kicking on and would say to Mel that I need go down into the engine room and tighten the shaft log to stop the drip. My thinking was the cold might have loosened the packing a bit, but other things kept me busy so I don't go until late.
We have a little ceramic heater that we use for cold mornings when we aren't using the main AC system, we had looked everywhere for it except the engine room.
I go down and hear a rapid dripping of water... so let's take a look at that shaft now... Nope, not that. So I continue to search for that sound... Ah! one of the watermaker water lines has a small leak. Oh! the bilge under the engine is full of water.... Oh Shit! I touch the elbow that has the leak and the whole things explodes and starts spraying water everywhere. Holy Shit!! I can't stop it from spraying.
I bleed the pressure water system and still water is spraying, slower, but still steady.
Finally I find the cutoff valve for the watermaker and... Ahhh.... now it stops.
So that's the project du jour.
Boats are kinda like children... you gotta love em.
Anyway while waiting for some folks to return some calls this morning I found this video.
Enjoy...
Adios,
Istaboa
LOL! I had similar drenching experiences when I repaired the water lines on our old boat. I'd be in the engine room, waiting for the water pump to shut off as the system presureized, and BLAM! Something would explode and I'd get drenched.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the laugh, and the reminder.
Yep, constant new maintenance is the rule with these floaty things. Still, life couldn't get a whole lot better, no?
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