The call boaters dread

[barry2017]

Been away from the boat for a couple of weeks, what with Christmas, new year and the freeze.

Today, with the snow melting, I phoned my mate on the mooring, to get him to have a look.

It wasn't good. The engine bay has flooded, and although he hasn't seen it in daylight, he reckons there's water in the cabin.

Potentially, all my non-cycling stuff knackered again. It only happened the year before last.

Bugger it.

Bugger.

 

[lewis1641]

fingers crossed

 

[kaiser]

I thought you were gonna say 'iceberg'. Sorry Chris hope it works out OK

 

[legrandefromage]

do you need an aid package?

 

[dyna-ti]

do you need an aid package?

Awwwww,aint that just lovely

Any idea what has happened chris?,just melting snow and ice on the decks,or something wrong with your seams from the freezing thawing,or from the seacocks?

 

[Pickle]

:shock:

 

[barry2017]

do you need an aid package?

Cheers, LGF, but I am fine. Appreciate it though.

Any idea what has happened chris?,just melting snow and ice on the decks,or something wrong with your seams from the freezing thawing,or from the seacocks?

I don't know, yet. Theoretically, water falling onto the deck shouldn't make the engine bay flood because the boards rest on gutters that take the water away. My guess is the stern gland, where the propshaft exits the hull.

 

[dyna-ti]

We had a similar problem on me mates boat.Where water was coming through from the shaft,it was mainly from the grease washing out.
We sorted it by packing it with tallow.[wool grease],a bit unorthodox but tallow is very thick and doesnt wash out to easily.
The chap that did it[ex RN submariner] was saying this was the early way of doing it before uber expensive greases came in.


Unsuitable for frying chips

 

[barry2017]

Yeah, that's exactly what I'm going to do, should it prove to be the problem.

It's my own fault if it is, would've been a ten minute job in dry dock but I ran out of time.

 

[REKIBorter]

That's what I was going to say, stern glands and seacocks are tricky things.