Dennis, Thanks for the flashback to the *USS Buttercup*! One of my favorite training exercises right there after fire fighting and the tear gas house.
Pat On Sun, Dec 2, 2012 at 9:25 PM, Dennis C. <[email protected]> wrote: > Joel, > > Just my opinion but first, most of your boat isn't 3 feet below the > waterline. Second, the hole probably won't be a full 2 inches open but a > jagged splintered opening. Third, go buy 3 or 4 toilet bowl wax rings and > throw them on the boat. They'll plug a lot of oddly shaped holes. Wad > them up and jam them in the hole, smash them in really good. > > Third, slowing down the flow of a hole isn't terribly difficult. Place a > life jacket, pillow or whatever is handy over the hole and brace it with > more "stuff". Maybe keep an inflatable dinghy flotation bag on board to > press the seal against the hull. Spend some time thinking about how you > would patch a hole here or there or over there. Many of us Navy vets went > through damage control training. The training was real. We were placed in > a training mock up where water poured in through various holes of different > shapes and locations. You'd be surprised at how quickly you get creative > when you're getting inundated with hundreds (not 69). :) > > If you can't slow the flow down substantially, a larger bilge pump isn't > going to save you. Put your boat bucks in a good DSC distress capable VHF > radio. > > Dennis C. > Touche' 35-1 #83 > Mandeville, LA > > ------------------------------ > *From:* Joel Aronson <[email protected]> > *To:* "[email protected]" <[email protected]> > *Sent:* Sunday, December 2, 2012 7:59 PM > *Subject:* Re: Stus-List 35/3 bilge pump > > Lee, if he is right > Note that a mere 2-inch-diameter hole 3 feet below the waterline will let > in 69 gallons a minute, or more than 4,000 gallons an hour. > > and my pump is 4 gpm and I use both manual pumps I'm still screwed! > Joel > Sent from my iPad > > On Dec 2, 2012, at 7:54 PM, Lee Youngblood <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Hi Joel, > > Your job is not to need it! Read John Vigors blog from November 27, 2012 > How fast will you sink? http://www.johnvigor.com/Blog.html > > Sometimes I think pumps are like "psychological placements" when rock > climbing, you put them in when you can, and it helps to think you tried, > but you know it won't stop you if you fall. I zippered six or eith pitons > in the old days, and was saved by my partner. I landed on top of him, and > he was hurt a lot more than me. Oops. > > Usually color of the pump doesn't matter, just get the biggest one that > will fit, and install well. > > Good Luck, Lee > sv Simplicity > A 1974 C&C 35-II in Seattle rain. > > > Joel, > > > I bought one of these (I haven't fitted it yet) it has a built in > electronic float switch and will fit between my keel bolts. > > > http://www.defender.com/product.jsp?path=-1%7C51%7C299222%7C84462%7C316440&id=1579952 > > If anyone else has one working I'd be interested if it was an OK choice! > > > sam :-) > > C&C 26 Liquorice > > Ghost Lake Alberta > > > On 2012-12-02, at 4:32 PM, Joel Aronson <[email protected]> wrote: > > > The bilge pump on my 35/3 is under the forward dinette seat. A hose > > leads to a strainer in the forward sump just behind the mast. I'd > > like to replace it with a higher volume pump, but I can't find one > > that will fit in the bilge compartment next to the keel bolt without > > spending ridiculous amounts of money. Any recommendations? > > > Joel > > 35/3 > > The Office > > > Annapolis > > > -- > > _______________________________________________ > This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album > http://www.cncphotoalbum.com > [email protected] > > > _______________________________________________ > This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album > http://www.cncphotoalbum.com > [email protected] > > > > _______________________________________________ > This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album > http://www.cncphotoalbum.com > [email protected] > >
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