On May 13, 2008, at 8:43 AM, Charles Culotta wrote: > Greetings from THE WIFE...... > > On Day 2, I began cleaning only to discover that we have water seeping > out from under the sink and making a puddle on the lovely wood floor. > All of the lines under the sink had to be replaced and I can't tell > you > how many times I had to go outside- walk the dock and turn the water > off > and then back on (20 times). One good thing about being on a boat is > that you never take things for granted, the boat makes you appreciate > anything that works like it's supposed to.
Scary re that puddle. I hate to tell you the number of boats I've seen SUNK AT THE DOCK because their interior plumbing sprung a leak, filled the boat with fresh water and down she goes. Lucky you were aboard when it evidenced itself. I made it a habit of using only my interior water system and refill the tanks as needed rather than having plumbed water into the boat. I don't remember exactly the pressure of an open hose but I'll bet it can and will overload the bilge pumps. An alternate could be to buy one of those cheap little water limiters where you set the amount of water to flow before the device shuts it self down. I doubt though I would depend on a couple of pieces of plastic to stop the psi behind it. Craig MS Jack B Nimble _______________________________________________ Liveaboard mailing list [email protected] To adjust your membership settings over the web http://www.liveaboardnow.org/mailman/listinfo/liveaboard To subscribe send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] The archives are at http://www.liveaboardnow.org/pipermail/liveaboard/ To search the archives http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] The Mailman Users Guide can be found here http://www.gnu.org/software/mailman/mailman-member/index.html
