We have twice sucked fish into the intake, resulting in overheating. The
first one was stuck in the seacock, so removing the hose and pushing it
back out did the trick. The second one was surprisingly large and got all
the way to the strainer before getting stuck, so I had to cut the poor
thing in
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
That tops my stick that floated in
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> On Aug 9, 2019, at 12:03 PM, Rick Rohwer via CnC-List
> 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
>
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,
