Oh the stories you will tell, Dennis. Glad to hear Touche is home safe. What a crazy summer for you!
Cheers, Randy > On Nov 7, 2020, at 4:03 PM, Dennis C. <capt...@gmail.com> wrote: > > When we splashed Touche' after the Hurricane Sally repairs, we noticed a > strange thing. When we fired up the air conditioner, the cooling water was > much reduced from normal. I have a tee in the line and an adaptor to attach > a dock hose. I also have a valve on the discharge thru hull. > > I attached the dock hose, closed the discharge valve and blasted the line > upstream through the inlet. I then closed the inlet valve, opened the > discharge valve and blasted downstream. Afterwards, the flow was much > improved. > > That got us wondering about the rest of the drains, scuppers, etc. Sure > enough, the head sink drain was completely plugged. Amazing that, in a > marina, the boat moved enough that the stuff could "pump" its way onto the > counter. We blew it out with dock water pressure. See the picture linked > below. > > https://drive.google.com/file/d/1cf0QdaiP1rqt-LYtH2Yb2Pft-8w0lMuA/view?usp=sharing > > <https://drive.google.com/file/d/1cf0QdaiP1rqt-LYtH2Yb2Pft-8w0lMuA/view?usp=sharing> > > The galley sink drain was also plugged and required disassembly to clear. We > blew out the cockpit scuppers. > > After some head scratching, we decided the pluggage was vegetative debris > which somehow entered the thruhulls during the storm, floated on top of the > water columns and then agglomerated once things calmed down. Yes, all the > thru hull valves were open. > > Only the drains which were open to the atmosphere were affected. Those that > had configurations that prevented free flow, the engine intake and head > intake were not affected. > > Just a crazy hurricane thing. > > Touche' is back in Louisiana now safe and secure in its home slip in > Mandeville. > 30°20'59.29"N 90° 3'14.42"W > -- > Dennis C. > Touche' 35-1 #83 > Mandeville, LA > October is the time to show your appreciation with a small contribution to > this list to help offset the costs. If you want to support the list - use > PayPal to send contribution -- https://www.paypal.me/stumurray Thanks - Stu
October is the time to show your appreciation with a small contribution to this list to help offset the costs. If you want to support the list - use PayPal to send contribution -- https://www.paypal.me/stumurray Thanks - Stu
