[C38] mast leak

[William Knowles]

I got complacent and stopped checking my bilge. I was going home one weekend
and looked in the floor board lift out hole and saw light reflect back. My
float switch stuck, I fliped on manual and a 1500 gph ran for over 15
minutes. She came up an Inch at the waterline.

Bill

On Sat, Nov 20, 2010 at 5:48 PM, Robert Miller <chapuys at aol.com> wrote:

>  I always flick on my bilge pump to the spring loaded manual position
> whenever I go aboard.  Just to check.  My boat is weird.  When I fill my
> fresh water tank it vents into the bilge when it is full.  When the bilge
> pump comes on, I can tell it is full.
>
>
>
> Bob Miller
>
> “Bolero” #113 at Southwestern YC in San Diego.
>
>
>
> *From:* listserve-bounces at catalina38.org [mailto:
> listserve-bounces at catalina38.org] *On Behalf Of *Steven Ribble
> *Sent:* Saturday, November 20, 2010 1:38 PM
> *To:* Catalina 38 Listserve
> *Subject:* Re: [C38] mast leak
>
>
>
> Paul, you know about "never" and "always"...  actually there WAS ONE TIME I
> got on board after being gone for the week
> (or more) and I found the bilge was dry...but then again it didn't rain
> during that period.
>
>
>
> I used to have a Lovett 1200 bilge pump and I'd typically found about a
> gallon in the bilge after being away for a while...now I have a Rule and I
> usually find about 2-1/2 gallons...guess that's what I get for trying to
> save $$!  I've done occasional [taste] tests of the water because I was
> concerned that I had a hull leak but I've never noticed it to be salty (I
> know, not the smartest test to do)...so I've always assumed it was from the
> mast.  If you are getting salt water in the bilge you should go on a safari
> to find its origin because not only is it unhealthy for your keel bolts, you
> may have big problems if your bilge pump gives out (like mine did - water
> was just below the salon floor when I discovered it wasn't working).
>
>
>
> Steve
>
> On Sat, Nov 20, 2010 at 3:17 PM, PAUL NOTTE <panotte at shaw.ca> wrote:
>
> Am I to understand some boats do not  ALWAYS  have water in the bildge? One
> of my weekly things to do is add fresh water to the bildge  to flush out any
> sea water is this wrong ?
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> Listserve mailing list
> Listserve at catalina38.org
> http://catalina38.org/mailman/listinfo/listserve_catalina38.org
>
>
>
>
> --
> Steve Ribble
> 207/852-0971
>
> _______________________________________________
> Listserve mailing list
> Listserve at catalina38.org
> http://catalina38.org/mailman/listinfo/listserve_catalina38.org
>
>


-- 
W H Knowles
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://catalina38.org/pipermail/listserve_catalina38.org/attachments/20101120/0b5713e6/attachment-0001.htm>