No tide here. Part of why I was thinking a waterbed mattress or something like that to try to jack the hull up with air. I can't figure out any other way to get any lift from the bottom.
-----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Ben Okopnik Sent: Monday, April 30, 2012 10:25 AM To: [email protected] Subject: EXT :Re: [Liveaboard] Hull breach and about 2 feet of water in my boat. Hi, Vernon - On Mon, Apr 30, 2012 at 01:22:16PM +0000, Densler, Vernon R (AS) wrote: > > Any thoughts on raising her and any thoughts on what could possibly be the > breach point would be appreciated. > > I don't understand how this could happen on this boat, the hulls are 1” thick > glass reinforced plywood. I have knocked over pilings with it and there > wasn't > even a scratch on her. Sitting in almost no water and nothing really there to > harm her and she takes on water. It doesn't make sense. Water is... extraordinary at finding ways to get in. Sorry to hear it's managed to do so with your boat. The first step is to find where the leak is. The old method for patching (without having to find) the dozens of leaks in wooden ships was to dive down and release a bunch of wood dust just under the hull; after a number of handfuls, enough of the stuff would get sucked in to plug the holes, then would swell and seal them. You could also see where the leaks were, since the dust would clump around them. It's messy, and requires getting under the hull, though. You'd also want to pump her before you did that, otherwise there'd be no suction. A modern equivalent might be to, again, pump her out and then dive down and hold some plastic sheeting next to the hull in the suspected area. If it sticks, you've found it. This would probably require a diving outfit, though. Another thought would be to jack the boat up where she sits, in that shallow slip. Put down some plywood, use some lumber, and prop her up at high tide. When the tide goes out, you'll see where the water is coming out; if you need to, throw some dye in the bilge - it'll let you spot the leak right away. Try to do what you can to locate the leak from the inside. I had to take a jigsaw to some plywood in a locker once so I could get to the hull... poor hull access *sucks*. Best of luck with it! Ben -- OKOPNIK CONSULTING Custom Computing Solutions For Your Business Expert-led Training | Dynamic, vital websites | Custom programming 443-250-7895 http://okopnik.com http://twitter.com/okopnik _______________________________________________ Liveaboard mailing list [email protected] To adjust your membership settings over the web http://liveaboardonline.com/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.liveaboardonline.com/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 _______________________________________________ Liveaboard mailing list [email protected] To adjust your membership settings over the web http://liveaboardonline.com/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.liveaboardonline.com/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
