Hi Jeremy,
when we got our boat the cockpit drains would
not. A toilet plunger got things moving again.
Don't give up early on it and a bit of water
around the plunger is a good idea too.
Cheers, Russ
Sweet 35 mk-1
At 03:16 PM 29/08/2016, you wrote:
Just got back from a lovely trip to the gulf
islands, crossing the Strait of Georgia for my first time in our 78Â C&C 34-1
Now cleaning up after the kids made a mess of
the cockpit and the drains are
clogged. Originally just one was clogged, but
I stuck a small sink snake in and have clogged
the other one too. There were some otters making
a mess of mussel shells one time and I think some went down the drains. Â
What I have tried:
- blasting water down
- small snake
- shop vac blow and suck (not completely
vacuumed sealed into the hose just held tight to the drain)
- shutting and opening thru hulls - they aren't
closing very well and I hear a sound like mussel shells when I close them
Ideas:
- go for a swim and poke a screw driver in from the water
- close seacock, remove hose and check it. I'm
worried it isn't shutting properly due to the
cloggage though and don't want an surprise
ingress of water while I'm contorting myself
into the bilge to remove the hose clamps
Any advice?
Thanks,
 Jeremy
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