40 years ago, when my Richardson cruiser was sinking at the dock, we rented a 2" pump that drew about 10 amps, so possibly 1.5 HP? It cleared the water in about a half hour and the leak was obvious then. Did your pump keep the water down at all?
Lee Haefele On Apr 30, 2012, at 12:30 PM, "Densler, Vernon R (AS)" <[email protected]> wrote: > This is the one I bought and tried yesterday and it wasn't enough. > > http://www.harborfreight.com/35-horsepower-dirty-water-pump-with-float-switch-69298.html > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Lee Haefele > Sent: Monday, April 30, 2012 12:20 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Liveaboard] EXT :Re: Hull breach and about 2 feet of water in > my boat. > > Rental companies should have high output electric or gas pumps available. > Harbor Freight may have one cheap enough to buy. Something with a 2" hose. > This should raise the boat, or you will see turbulence where the water is > entering. Once raised, you can swim around with a plastic grocery bag and > see if the hull draws it into any leaks. > > Lee Haefele > > > On Apr 30, 2012, at 10:49 AM, "Densler, Vernon R (AS)" > <[email protected]> wrote: > >> So maybe...Get some waders, some plastic sheeting, rent a big pump. Start >> pumping, sheet as much of the aft hull as possible and see if I get anywhere. >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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 > > _______________________________________________ > 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
