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Post by phil70 on Dec 29, 2016 21:29:16 GMT
Woke up this morning, let the dogs out for a waz and noticed my neighbours had left their tank filling all night, the bilge pump was running flat out. It's a GRP cruiser and as the filler cap allowed water to flow along the side deck,and over the stern but......it was minus 6 and a build up of ice directed the water into the boat via the rear door/steps.
Their problems were compounded by the fact that the weight of the water pulled the boat down so that a redundant skin fitting (uncapped)ended up below the water line and so added to the ingress of water.
We all mucked in with extra pumps man power etc and sorted them out. But......they refused to accept that leaving the hose running all night was the cause of the near sinking, blaming the skin fitting which is normally a good 4 to 6 inches above the waterline and represented no threat at all unless the boat took on enough water from some other source
Phil
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Post by larkboy on Dec 29, 2016 21:37:57 GMT
Leaving the hose running in your water tank all night is irresponsible for wasting water let alone anything else. The word Fuckwits comes to mind.
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Post by bodger on Dec 29, 2016 21:51:24 GMT
FFS how long can it possibly take to fill a yogurt pot's water tank?
perhaps a few too many drinks were the real culprit?
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Post by Deleted on Dec 29, 2016 21:54:15 GMT
FFS how long can it possibly take to fill a yogurt pot's water tank? perhaps a few too many drinks were the real culprit? Ours is 250l so not that long! |
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Post by Deleted on Dec 29, 2016 22:00:15 GMT
We done for stopping it sinking fully.
They coldest I've ever been is raising a boat on Hardley Dike between Christmas and new year, it got caught on the mooring as a big tide came up, inundated thru a skin fitting.
Had to get in with my wetsuit on just incase there was anything letting in that we didn't know about - by Christ that was cold.
Had snow all the way back down the A11 to chase us out of Norfolk once she was floating again.
A cold muddy hour on the bike for the Wild and Woolly at Blisworth on the boxing day before we raised her was a piece of cake in comparison!
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Post by JohnV on Dec 29, 2016 22:00:38 GMT
We've had that kind of thing here. We don't have a very good supply to the yard and if someone nearer the start of the system has a hose on it drops the pressure dramatically. A few weeks back, I was trying to fill my tank but there was virtually no flow so I left it and tried again later ... still no joy. I left it until the evening but it was still low pressure. That puzzled me as there are only a few liveaboards and by that time all the other boat owners have normally gone home. I wandered up the jetties checking the taps and sure enough I found a boat with the water pouring out of the overflow. The boat was all locked up, they had obviously just buggered off and left the tap running !!! (They got a hell of a rocket from the boatyard owner about it) ....... (Yes, I did tell him  ) |
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Post by JohnV on Dec 29, 2016 22:07:47 GMT
We done for stopping it sinking fully. They coldest I've ever been is raising a boat on Hardley Dike between Christmas and new year, it got caught on the mooring as a big tide came up, inundated thru a skin fitting.Us liveaboards down here try to be up on the very big night time tides (we pile into the office and drink tea and tell tall tales) so we can keep an eye out for boats getting trapped on the flood or getting hooked up on the ebb. It's quite a social event as well  |
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Post by Deleted on Dec 29, 2016 22:17:25 GMT
Woke up this morning, let the dogs out for a waz and noticed my neighbours had left their tank filling all night, the bilge pump was running flat out. It's a GRP cruiser and as the filler cap allowed water to flow along the side deck,and over the stern but......it was minus 6 and a build up of ice directed the water into the boat via the rear door/steps. Their problems were compounded by the fact that the weight of the water pulled the boat down so that a redundant skin fitting (uncapped)ended up below the water line and so added to the ingress of water. We all mucked in with extra pumps man power etc and sorted them out. But......they refused to accept that leaving the hose running all night was the cause of the near sinking, blaming the skin fitting which is normally a good 4 to 6 inches above the waterline and represented no threat at all unless the boat took on enough water from some other source Phil You simply can't help some folk. next time they do it, let them sink..... |
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Post by Deleted on Dec 29, 2016 22:32:39 GMT
We done for stopping it sinking fully. They coldest I've ever been is raising a boat on Hardley Dike between Christmas and new year, it got caught on the mooring as a big tide came up, inundated thru a skin fitting.Us liveaboards down here try to be up on the very big night time tides (we pile into the office and drink tea and tell tall tales) so we can keep an eye out for boats getting trapped on the flood or getting hooked up on the ebb. It's quite a social event as well Fair play to you guys for doing that, it's a dodgy old pastime making safe boats that are in danger. I've had two to free off on our river, in with the chest waders and a long stick to feel where the bank finishes and the river starts! Armed with a couple of good knives on string and coil of rope over my shoulder. Proper dodgy if you get it wrong - both times were at Ringstead with the river on flood, once above the lock and sluice and once below it. I'd think long and hard about doing it again. My mate helpful offered to tie a line round my waist and make it off on a tree, he'd never have managed to drag me back on his own, I'd rather have drowned down river than tethered to the end of a rope! |
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Post by Deleted on Dec 29, 2016 22:34:10 GMT
It's infuriating isn't it.
One could live with their stupidity I suppose, it's their selfishness that really bugs.
Good for you helping them notwithstanding.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 29, 2016 22:38:34 GMT
Us liveaboards down here try to be up on the very big night time tides (we pile into the office and drink tea and tell tall tales) so we can keep an eye out for boats getting trapped on the flood or getting hooked up on the ebb. It's quite a social event as well Fair play to you guys for doing that, it's a dodgy old pastime making safe boats that are in danger. I've had two to free off on our river, in with the chest waders and a long stick to feel where the bank finishes and the river starts! Armed with a couple of good knives on string and coil of rope over my shoulder. Proper dodgy if you get it wrong - both times were at Ringstead with the river on flood, once above the lock and sluice and once below it. I'd think long and hard about doing it again. My mate helpful offered to tie a line round my waist and make it off on a tree, he'd never have managed to drag me back on his own, I'd rather have drowned down river than tethered to the end of a rope! Fuck that for a game of soldiers, I might risk myself to save another person but to save a boat......bollocks to that. |
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Post by Deleted on Dec 29, 2016 22:46:06 GMT
Fair play to you guys for doing that, it's a dodgy old pastime making safe boats that are in danger. I've had two to free off on our river, in with the chest waders and a long stick to feel where the bank finishes and the river starts! Armed with a couple of good knives on string and coil of rope over my shoulder. Proper dodgy if you get it wrong - both times were at Ringstead with the river on flood, once above the lock and sluice and once below it. I'd think long and hard about doing it again. My mate helpful offered to tie a line round my waist and make it off on a tree, he'd never have managed to drag me back on his own, I'd rather have drowned down river than tethered to the end of a rope! Fuck that for a game of soldiers, I might risk myself to save another person but to save a boat......bollocks to that. One was mine, we had been away from home for a week while it pissed it down constantly, got home to find the boat in a precarious situation. The other was my Mum and step dad's that I'd replated 6 months previously,that one I'd been away working and they couldn't/wouldn't go and sort it out before it got serious. We are now on flood proof moorings at a different location, mum has sold their boat |
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Post by Deleted on Dec 29, 2016 23:18:20 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Dec 29, 2016 23:20:46 GMT
Fair enough. A boat is an inanimate non living thing, unless you haven't insured it, let the thing sink. |
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Post by Deleted on Dec 30, 2016 5:59:50 GMT
Fair enough. A boat is an inanimate non living thing, unless you haven't insured it, let the thing sink. Sorry Martin, we differ wildly here. The risks for the old boy saving that horse were similar. That it was a living thing makes not so much difference to me. You either want to save it or you don't - bearing in mind thats a well used area for cycling and walking only one old fella put his hand up and sorted the job out. I had put a lot of effort into both (insured) boats - boats that had been in my life since I was a kid. I guess if you've never done much other than opening a cheque book you wouldn't understand why I chose to stop then going under. I wasn't reckless or foolish, I'd be a liar if I said I was fearless - truth be told it was a pretty daunting thing to do. Would I do it again? Not so sure now the dwarf is here, taking the emotional attachment out of the equation probably not. I'm a better dad to her living than a distant memory. I lost a colleague to the Easter '98 foods, his dog got into difficulty and you can guess the rest. I didn't just rock up and think I'd go for a paddle! |
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