Re: [Liveaboard] Dredging
Steve Weinstein S/V CAPTIVA 1997 Hunter 376, Hull #376 Sailing out of Oyster Bay, NY A dark night, a scuba tank, and a shovel? All outgoing mail protected by VIPRE A/V From: Densler, Vernon R (AS) Sent: Monday, December 19, 2011 9:58 AM To: liveaboard@liveaboardonline.com Subject: [Liveaboard] Dredging So since everyone seems to want a topic to talk about… Does anyone know how I can get a little bit more depth to my slip without attracting too much attention? It’s all sand. One particular place I am worried about is around the AC inlet. Thanks, Vern s/v Nirvelli ___ Liveaboard mailing list Liveaboard@liveaboardonline.com To adjust your membership settings over the web http://liveaboardonline.com/mailman/listinfo/liveaboard To subscribe send an email to liveaboard-j...@liveaboardonline.com To unsubscribe send an email to liveaboard-le...@liveaboardonline.com The archives are at http://www.liveaboardonline.com/pipermail/liveaboard/ To search the archives http://www.mail-archive.com/liveaboard@liveaboardnow.org The Mailman Users Guide can be found here http://www.gnu.org/software/mailman/mailman-member/index.html ___ Liveaboard mailing list Liveaboard@liveaboardonline.com To adjust your membership settings over the web http://liveaboardonline.com/mailman/listinfo/liveaboard To subscribe send an email to liveaboard-j...@liveaboardonline.com To unsubscribe send an email to liveaboard-le...@liveaboardonline.com The archives are at http://www.liveaboardonline.com/pipermail/liveaboard/ To search the archives http://www.mail-archive.com/liveaboard@liveaboardnow.org The Mailman Users Guide can be found here http://www.gnu.org/software/mailman/mailman-member/index.html
Re: [Liveaboard] Dredging
Probably a better idea than my tongue-in-cheek suggestion of the scuba tank. But my concept gives you the chance to discover all sorts of “stuff” which has fallen into the water over the years – like old cell phones, car keys, etc Steve Weinstein S/V CAPTIVA 1997 Hunter 376, Hull #376 Sailing out of Oyster Bay, NY All outgoing mail protected by VIPRE A/V From: Bob Johnson Sent: Monday, December 19, 2011 11:22 AM To: liveaboard@liveaboardonline.com Subject: Re: [Liveaboard] Dredging Use a pump (1/3hp sewage or pool pump) hose and a piece of pipe. Wait until the sun goes down then blast away. Bob PDQ 36 Peace From: liveaboard-boun...@liveaboardonline.com [mailto:liveaboard-boun...@liveaboardonline.com] On Behalf Of Densler, Vernon R (AS) Sent: Monday, December 19, 2011 9:59 AM To: liveaboard@liveaboardonline.com Subject: [Liveaboard] Dredging So since everyone seems to want a topic to talk about… Does anyone know how I can get a little bit more depth to my slip without attracting too much attention? It’s all sand. One particular place I am worried about is around the AC inlet. Thanks, Vern s/v Nirvelli ___ Liveaboard mailing list Liveaboard@liveaboardonline.com To adjust your membership settings over the web http://liveaboardonline.com/mailman/listinfo/liveaboard To subscribe send an email to liveaboard-j...@liveaboardonline.com To unsubscribe send an email to liveaboard-le...@liveaboardonline.com The archives are at http://www.liveaboardonline.com/pipermail/liveaboard/ To search the archives http://www.mail-archive.com/liveaboard@liveaboardnow.org The Mailman Users Guide can be found here http://www.gnu.org/software/mailman/mailman-member/index.html ___ Liveaboard mailing list Liveaboard@liveaboardonline.com To adjust your membership settings over the web http://liveaboardonline.com/mailman/listinfo/liveaboard To subscribe send an email to liveaboard-j...@liveaboardonline.com To unsubscribe send an email to liveaboard-le...@liveaboardonline.com The archives are at http://www.liveaboardonline.com/pipermail/liveaboard/ To search the archives http://www.mail-archive.com/liveaboard@liveaboardnow.org The Mailman Users Guide can be found here http://www.gnu.org/software/mailman/mailman-member/index.html
Re: [Liveaboard] Dredging
Use a pump (1/3hp sewage or pool pump) hose and a piece of pipe. Wait until the sun goes down then blast away. Bob PDQ 36 Peace _ From: liveaboard-boun...@liveaboardonline.com [mailto:liveaboard-boun...@liveaboardonline.com] On Behalf Of Densler, Vernon R (AS) Sent: Monday, December 19, 2011 9:59 AM To: liveaboard@liveaboardonline.com Subject: [Liveaboard] Dredging So since everyone seems to want a topic to talk about. Does anyone know how I can get a little bit more depth to my slip without attracting too much attention? It's all sand. One particular place I am worried about is around the AC inlet. Thanks, Vern s/v Nirvelli ___ Liveaboard mailing list Liveaboard@liveaboardonline.com To adjust your membership settings over the web http://liveaboardonline.com/mailman/listinfo/liveaboard To subscribe send an email to liveaboard-j...@liveaboardonline.com To unsubscribe send an email to liveaboard-le...@liveaboardonline.com The archives are at http://www.liveaboardonline.com/pipermail/liveaboard/ To search the archives http://www.mail-archive.com/liveaboard@liveaboardnow.org The Mailman Users Guide can be found here http://www.gnu.org/software/mailman/mailman-member/index.html
Re: [Liveaboard] Dredging
On Mon, Dec 19, 2011 at 02:58:54PM +, Densler, Vernon R (AS) wrote: So since everyone seems to want a topic to talk about… Does anyone know how I can get a little bit more depth to my slip without attracting too much attention? It’s all sand. One particular place I am worried about is around the AC inlet. Jump in the water with a landscaping rake under the cover of darkness? (I've seriously thought of doing that myself with a little submerged knoll behind my usual summer mooring). Needless to say, I'm assuming that you have somewhere nearby that you can make shallower.. Cheers, Kris -- Kris Coward http://unripe.melon.org/ GPG Fingerprint: 2BF3 957D 310A FEEC 4733 830E 21A4 05C7 1FEB 12B3 ___ Liveaboard mailing list Liveaboard@liveaboardonline.com To adjust your membership settings over the web http://liveaboardonline.com/mailman/listinfo/liveaboard To subscribe send an email to liveaboard-j...@liveaboardonline.com To unsubscribe send an email to liveaboard-le...@liveaboardonline.com The archives are at http://www.liveaboardonline.com/pipermail/liveaboard/ To search the archives http://www.mail-archive.com/liveaboard@liveaboardnow.org The Mailman Users Guide can be found here http://www.gnu.org/software/mailman/mailman-member/index.html
Re: [Liveaboard] Dredging
Put her in gear, tied to the dock. In a message dated 12/19/2011 9:59:51 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, vernon.dens...@ngc.com writes: So since everyone seems to want a topic to talk about… Does anyone know how I can get a little bit more depth to my slip without attracting too much attention? It’s all sand. One particular place I am worried about is around the AC inlet. Thanks, Vern s/v Nirvelli ___ Liveaboard mailing list Liveaboard@liveaboardonline.com To adjust your membership settings over the web http://liveaboardonline.com/mailman/listinfo/liveaboard To subscribe send an email to liveaboard-j...@liveaboardonline.com To unsubscribe send an email to liveaboard-le...@liveaboardonline.com The archives are at http://www.liveaboardonline.com/pipermail/liveaboard/ To search the archives http://www.mail-archive.com/liveaboard@liveaboardnow.org The Mailman Users Guide can be found here http://www.gnu.org/software/mailman/mailman-member/index.html ___ Liveaboard mailing list Liveaboard@liveaboardonline.com To adjust your membership settings over the web http://liveaboardonline.com/mailman/listinfo/liveaboard To subscribe send an email to liveaboard-j...@liveaboardonline.com To unsubscribe send an email to liveaboard-le...@liveaboardonline.com The archives are at http://www.liveaboardonline.com/pipermail/liveaboard/ To search the archives http://www.mail-archive.com/liveaboard@liveaboardnow.org The Mailman Users Guide can be found here http://www.gnu.org/software/mailman/mailman-member/index.html
Re: [Liveaboard] Dredging
_vernon.densler@ngc.com_ (mailto:vernon.dens...@ngc.com) writes: Does anyone know how I can get a little bit more depth to my slip without attracting too much attention? It’s all sand. One particular place I am worried about is around the AC inlet. Vern, I have used water jets EG pressure washer for specific spots assuming that you can see the bottom. Takes a while as you have to shut down to let the water clear to see what you have done. When I grew up we had a hard walled boat slip/ house that used to get sanded in every winter, and used the big boat tied off and in forward gear. With that in mind use the dink and keep working on the outboard motor, in gear, with the boat out of the slip. Carl from Dayton___ Liveaboard mailing list Liveaboard@liveaboardonline.com To adjust your membership settings over the web http://liveaboardonline.com/mailman/listinfo/liveaboard To subscribe send an email to liveaboard-j...@liveaboardonline.com To unsubscribe send an email to liveaboard-le...@liveaboardonline.com The archives are at http://www.liveaboardonline.com/pipermail/liveaboard/ To search the archives http://www.mail-archive.com/liveaboard@liveaboardnow.org The Mailman Users Guide can be found here http://www.gnu.org/software/mailman/mailman-member/index.html
Re: [Liveaboard] Dredging
somewhere near by that you can make shallower... Details. DETAILS! G Well that boat in the next slip over hasn't moved in 10 years, has it? I think it might work better to run one of those big sewage ejectors or submersible sump pumps the other way around, though - put the pump on the bottom and actually dredge with it. Hook up an 8' (or whatever works) length of 2 or 3 schedule 80 plastic pipe (2 would likely be easier to hold but 3 would flow better) to the pump; put an elbow on top of the pipe and connect a 2 or 3 flexible drainage hose and run it somewhere that needs more mud and sand. You would need to find a balance between clogging the pump and not getting any bottom at all but those things are pretty hardy and bouncing it a little on the bottom to stir things up would probably get the job done. I think the strainers are pretty course so while you probably wouldn't get the old shopping cart off the bottom, most of the other stuff would flow right through. Fun! Rufus ___ Liveaboard mailing list Liveaboard@liveaboardonline.com To adjust your membership settings over the web http://liveaboardonline.com/mailman/listinfo/liveaboard To subscribe send an email to liveaboard-j...@liveaboardonline.com To unsubscribe send an email to liveaboard-le...@liveaboardonline.com The archives are at http://www.liveaboardonline.com/pipermail/liveaboard/ To search the archives http://www.mail-archive.com/liveaboard@liveaboardnow.org The Mailman Users Guide can be found here http://www.gnu.org/software/mailman/mailman-member/index.html
Re: [Liveaboard] Dredging
On 2011-12-19 07:52 AM, Kris Coward wrote: On Mon, Dec 19, 2011 at 02:58:54PM +, Densler, Vernon R (AS) wrote: So since everyone seems to want a topic to talk about… Does anyone know how I can get a little bit more depth to my slip without attracting too much attention? It’s all sand. One particular place I am worried about is around the AC inlet. Jump in the water with a landscaping rake under the cover of darkness? (I've seriously thought of doing that myself with a little submerged knoll behind my usual summer mooring). Needless to say, I'm assuming that you have somewhere nearby that you can make shallower.. Cheers, Kris Please don't jump in the water if your marina has AC service to the slips. Especially not if it it's a fresh-water marina! If you haven't heard of ESD (Electric Shock Drowning), read up on it now! http://www.electricshockdrowning.org/?page_id=23 I am in the process of re-wiring my boat, and have an isolation transformer that I will use to prevent MY boat from electrocuting swimmers. But there are always other boats in the marina, and some of their mis-wirings may not become detectable until the circuit in question (bilge pump? refrigerator?) becomes energized. Jim Baba 30 #4, S/V Mistress of Portland, Oregon -- --- S/V Mistress, of Portland, Oregon, USA Baba 30, Hull #4 Ignorance is the Mother of Adventure! -- Hagar the Horrible --- ___ Liveaboard mailing list Liveaboard@liveaboardonline.com To adjust your membership settings over the web http://liveaboardonline.com/mailman/listinfo/liveaboard To subscribe send an email to liveaboard-j...@liveaboardonline.com To unsubscribe send an email to liveaboard-le...@liveaboardonline.com The archives are at http://www.liveaboardonline.com/pipermail/liveaboard/ To search the archives http://www.mail-archive.com/liveaboard@liveaboardnow.org The Mailman Users Guide can be found here http://www.gnu.org/software/mailman/mailman-member/index.html
