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> On Aug 9, 2019, at 12:03 PM, Rick Rohwer via CnC-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> > wrote: > > David, > We sucked an apparently curious sardine headfirst into the intake while > visiting Desolation Sound a few years back. Discovered the issue much the > same way you did by noticing increased steam in the exhaust. Idled in to an > anchorage and starting at the pump worked backward to the intake, where > removing the intake hose I could see the small fish limply staring at me! > Poked at him a little and most of him shot into the boat, and naturally a few > gallons of saltwater before I could get the hose remounted. Problem solved! > Rick > Paikea 37+ > Bremerton, WA > >> On Friday, August 9, 2019, David Knecht via CnC-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> >> wrote: >> Last week 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 >> >> <pastedGraphic.tiff> >> > _______________________________________________ > > 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 >
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