Not really, although the west coast is quite abundant in kelp and sea weed.
marc. On Wed, Jun 19, 2019 at 6:40 AM Richard Bush <bushma...@aol.com> wrote: > Are you guys going through an especially muddy area? Or maybe an area > where there is heavy vegetation growth? > > Richard > s/v Bushmark4: 1985 C&C 37 CB; Ohio River; in flood mode... > Richard N. Bush > 2950 Breckenridge Lane > <https://www.google.com/maps/search/2950+Breckenridge+Lane?entry=gmail&source=g>, > Suite Nine > Louisville, Kentucky 40220-1462 > 502-584-7255 > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Marc Boyd via CnC-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> > To: cnc-list <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> > Cc: Marc Boyd <marcboy...@gmail.com> > Sent: Wed, Jun 19, 2019 9:09 am > Subject: Re: Stus-List Sea Strainer Plugging Up > > I'd be interested in a fix to, I'm on he West Coast, just a little up the > coast from you (Parksville) and mine plugs up every time we motor out and > back. C&C 30. > > marc. > > On Wed, Jun 19, 2019 at 5:40 AM Allan Hester via CnC-List < > cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: > > > Listers, > > > On a recent trip I found my sea strainer plugging up with sea weed very > often. The good news is its doing its job. The bad news is it plugs up far > too frequently. > > It seems to happen most frequently when entering or leaving various > harbours here on the west coast. > > On 2 occassions I noticed the temperature gauge climbing well above its > usual range between 170-180 F. > > Its now to the point where I check the strainer before leaving harbour > which is a real pain. > > Last season after leaving Nanaimo harbour it was plugged so badly it > starved the impellor pump to the point where the impellor and seals had to > be replaced. > > My Beta 25 has less than 170 hours on it and it runs beautifully. Perhaps > the issue is the strainer is too small or is an out dated model that can be > upgraded? > > Does anybody have any ideas on what can be done? Perhaps a screen > preventing sea weed from entering the pickup hose? > > Thank you. > > Al H. > Pacific Ranger > C&C 35 Mk3 > Vancouver,BC > _______________________________________________ > > Thanks everyone for supporting this list with your contributions. Each > and every one is greatly appreciated. If you want to support the list - > use PayPal to send contribution -- https://www.paypal.me/stumurray > > -- > marc. > _______________________________________________ > > Thanks everyone for supporting this list with your contributions. Each > and every one is greatly appreciated. If you want to support the list - > use PayPal to send contribution -- https://www.paypal.me/stumurray > > -- marc.
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