Hi Rick,
We had many similar situations on a Desolation Sound cruise.
For us it started in Lund as we were leaving the
dock and lost water flow, so shutdown and coasted
back to the spot we just left.
After the third time I looked around more closely
and notice the little fishes liked to hangout
near the safety of the hull. For the rest of that
cruise our strategy was to toss some crushed taco
chips (they like Doritos) over the port side to
attract them away from the intake. Then we would get underweigh ASAP.
Each time the fish found a different place to get
stuck: thoughhull valve, strainer tee, mid-hose.
At the next haulout I glued a strainer to the
hull and never had another pluggage.
Cheers, Russ
ex-Sweet 35 mk-1
At 09:03 AM 8/9/2019, you wrote:
David,Â
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 <<mailto:cnc-list@cnc-list.com>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? Â Dave
S/V Aries
1990 C&C 34+
New London, CT
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