David,
Next time your boat is hauled, put a thru hull strainer on ......the
plastic ones cost approx. $10......have had one for 13 years with no issues.
https://www.ebay.ca/sch/i.html?_nkw=thru+hull+strainer
Rob Abbott
AZURA
C&C 32 - #277
Halifax. N.S.
On 2019-08-09 8:44 a.m., David Knecht via CnC-List wrote:
Last weekhttps://www.ebay.ca/sch/i.html?_nkw=thru+hull+strainer on a
cruise, we ran the motor while at anchor to warm the water tank for
showers. When we started the engine the next morning, I noticed the
sound of water from the exhaust seemed off and sure enough, a few
minutes later the engine began to overheat. We re-anchored and I went
below to check the strainer basket which had a bit of grass in it, but
not enough to plug it up. My wife (bless her heart) dove in and saw a
big clump of seaweek attached to the hull where the intake should be.
She managed to clear it and we got under way with no more trouble.
One lesson is to be careful of running the engine when the boat is at
rest as I am sure you are much more likely to suck stuff into the
intake as opposed to when the boat is moving at 6 knots (that has
never happened to me). But the experience got me thinking about how
to resolve the problem of a plugged intake without swimming. Is it
possible to take the basket out of the water intake strainer and run
something flexible and stiff down the tube and clear the intake
without diving? I am thinking of stiff wire or something like the
fiberglass snake I use for running wires through small spaces. Anyone
done this successfully? Dave
S/V Aries
1990 C&C 34+
New London, CT
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