Had my air conditioner intake plug a few times when in a slip in a stagnant corner of a marina where trash accumulated. Things stuck in the elbow on top of the thru hull. I have a tee with garden hose hookup and a valve on the discharge so I can blow it out.
Contributory to the problem was it was a street elbow. I have since switched it to a long elbow. Like your situation, the boat was not moving. -- Dennis C. Touche' 35-1 #83 Mandeville, LA On Mon, Apr 8, 2024 at 1:45 PM David Knecht via CnC-List < cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: > Interesting discussion. The only time I have had my raw water intake > plugged was when I ran the engine in a grassy area while at anchor. In > that case, the grass plugged up the through hull and never got to the > strainer. The admiral dived down and cleared it by hand by pulling the > weeds out. I don't think that could happen when motoring or at least it > hasn't yet. I am much more careful now running the engine when there is > seaweed or grass floating around, especially when not moving. Dave > > S/V Aries > 1990 C&C 34+ > New London, CT > > [image: pastedGraphic.tiff] > >
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