Demotivated

[gonfishing]

Spent the weekend on the boat, lots of little jobs to be done, usual stuff like wiring and lighting etc,I just couldn't get motivated, found myself sitting there and scowling at the engine bay !! and what a stunning day Saturday was !! Ishould have been out fishing!!
Until I hear from the Insurance company, I am at a stop and unable to decide on the next course of action!! I can see why there are Sad boats tucked away in the corner of every boatyard and Marina across the country just rotting away, if their owners feel the same way as Me at the moment, it's not surprising, except i cannot afford to let the boat sit there and rot. So basically another weekend wasted !!!!

P.S Sulked and went fishing on the breakwater Sat night got branded an expert !!! because i caught a fish every cast !!! pesky little whiting and pout by the dozen!! didn't quell the malais though !

had better look for some jokes on the web i think !

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[TwoStroke]

Know exactly how you feel. The marina has called to say they have moved her to isolation (fuel rupture) in case she blows! Arranging to have her lifted and fuel drained. No one dares go near her for fear of a spark. /forums/images/icons/frown.gif Bilge pump has been disconnected so hope she doesn't take on too much water.

Life ain't fair at the moment...

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[TwoStroke]

Something to cheer us all up...

SYMPTOM: Feet cold and wet.
FAULT: Glass being held at incorrect angle.
ACTION: Rotate glass so that open end points toward ceiling.

SYMPTOM: Feet warm and wet.
FAULT: Improper bladder control.
ACTION: Stand next to nearest dog, complain about house training.

SYMPTOM: Beer unusually pale and tasteless.
FAULT: Glass empty.
ACTION: Get someone to buy you another beer.

SYMPTOM: Opposite wall covered with fluorescent lights.
FAULT: You have fallen over backward.
ACTION: Have yourself chained to bar.

SYMPTOM: Mouth contains cigarette butts.
FAULT: You have fallen forward.
ACTION: See above.

SYMPTOM: Beer tasteless, front of your shirt is wet.
FAULT: Mouth not open, or glass applied to wrong part of face.
ACTION: Retire to restroom, practice in mirror.

SYMPTOM: Floor blurred.
FAULT: You are looking through bottom of empty glass.
ACTION: Get someone to buy you another beer.

SYMPTOM: Floor moving.
FAULT: You are being carried out.
ACTION: Find out if you are being taken to another bar.

SYMPTOM: Room seems unusually dark.
FAULT: Bar has closed.
ACTION: Confirm home address with bartender, take taxi home.

SYMPTOM: Truck suddenly takes on colorful aspect and textures.
FAULT: Beer consumption has exceeded personal limitations.
ACTION: Cover mouth.

SYMPTOM: Everyone looks up to you and laughs.
FAULT: You are dancing on the table.
ACTION: Fall on somebody cushy looking.

SYMPTOM: Beer is crystal clear.
FAULT: It's water. Somebody is trying to sober you up.
ACTION: Punch him.

SYMPTOM: Hands hurt, nose hurts, mind unusually clear.
FAULT: You have been in a fight.
ACTION: Apologize to everyone you see, just in case it was them.

SYMPTOM: Don't recognize anyone, don't recognize the room you're in.
FAULT: You've wandered into the wrong party.
ACTION: See if they have free beer.

SYMPTOM: Your singing sounds distorted.
FAULT: The beer is too weak.
ACTION: Have more beer until your voice improves.

SYMPTOM: Don't remember the words to the song.
FAULT: Beer is just right.
ACTION: Play air guitar.

SYMPTOM: Cold and unable to unlock door to hotel room.
FAULT: Woke up in hotel room, got up to go to bathroom and chose wrong door.
ACTION: Knock loudly on door to wake sleeping wife. If this fails, find hotel worker to unlock door for you.

/forums/images/icons/smile.gif

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[Dave_Snelson]

Twostroke - please read this...

Now you are among world experts when you mention fuel rupture!!!

As you may well remember, I had my tank rupture in heavy seas - 30 galls of unleaded down into the engine bay. Anyway, here's how to get rid of it safely.

1/ Line up some jerries or old chemical drums.

2/ Buy, beg, borrow a manual bilge pump and two lengths of hose.

3/ Go aboard and pump the stuff into the jerries. Handy hint...you will find the long length of hose required to go down into the bilge wont sit hole downward and maintain its "straightness" 'cos its a curly hose. Push a straight rod or tube up the hose to stiffen it and then wedge it upright in the bilge and pump till empty. It works!!

4/ Bilge cleaner - don't bother. Its terribly expensive 'cos its a boaty item. Use a gallon of cheap domestic detergent and wash the bilge out 3 or 4 times.

5/ <font color=red>Do it this weekend</font color=red> 'cos petrol reacts with the resin in your GRP and turns it into gelly!!

6/ Go to pub and drink beer to get the smell & taste of petrol from the back of your throat.


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[BarryH]

I take it this if from the leg hitting something. What is actually wrong with it. If you need another leg cheap theres one im BoatMart for silly money, ie less than 400 quid.
What else is wrong with it. I though you sported the lump. Don't get too despondant. I was where your at a few years ago after I broke a crank shaft. That was interesting taking it to bits!

So first and foremost. What does the leg need doing to it to get that sorted. Don't take the engineers word as gospel. I've had three so called marine engineers look at mine in tyhe past. All came up with a different fault and remedy. None of them diagnosed the actual fault!

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[TwoStroke]

Re: Twostroke - please read this...

They're hoping to lift her tomorrow so will be down there to help drain her off. Marina doesn't want a time bomb sitting with them.

They think the gasket around the fuel sender has corroded which is the cause of the leaking fuel. Will see tomorrow. Thanks for the suggestions though.

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[oldgit]

Re: Twostroke - please read this...

Used to have real grief trying to seal alloy fuel tank on my old Regal,at point where fuel gauge thing went in.
Real american flimsy job with 6/7 self tappers attempting to hold and give fuel tight joint to petrol float assembly.
Tried to apply buckets of gunge to seal joint over long period of time.Some of which ended up in tank and then filters which caused blockage which ensured steep learning curve experience which put me off petrol boats PDQ.

<hr width=100% size=1>If it aint broke fix it till it is.

 

[BarryH]

Re: Twostroke - please read this...

I read what you say, but its not really the petrols fault. Get a flimsey diesel tank and the same will happen. Gunk ends up in diesel, then filters....same result.

You identified the problem the tank was flimsey. So just make up a collar that has either threaded holes to accept bolts or threaded studs. Make up proper rubber gasket and bolt down sender, job done. No mess No hassel No leaks. All the above will apply to diesel tanks as well. Its not the fuel its the tank! Twostrokes problems arose from not doing regular checks. If the checks had been carried out then the fault would have been spotted.

I'm not going to comment on the event to the run up of the fault being found, enough has been said on that already.

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[gonfishing]

Re: Twostroke - please read this...

Quick, effective, time and labour efficient,,,,,,,, Bryant and May! !!!!also stops the gel coat from going well, sort of, yuck!!!
julian

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[gonfishing]

Hi Barry
The leg is dead !! long live the leg!!
The cone clutch is scorched, and glazed,( took some heat when i hit/ got entangled) and will not drive, machineable? posssibly, would need a good toolroom, cylindrical grinder etc, etc, not cost effective, bottom half of leg, runs tight, when turned by hand so some thing is amiss there, and will only come apart,using massive amounts of B.F.I therefore destroying the casing, as a result of, 20 plus years immersed in a hostile environment. I appreciate what you have said, and agree with you you, this one i'm afraid is definately a lost cause. As I said I'll have to wait for a decision from the insurance company before i can decide what to do, still doesn't escape the fact i'm pretty p****d of now with waiting !
cheers
julian

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[TwoStroke]

Re: Twostroke - please read this...

Hold on - I had a new fuel sender replaced only 6 months ago, and both myself and my mechanic are furious that the previous boatyard didn't either spot it or inform me of the potential problem. Especially since I spent a small fortune in what I thought was bringing her up to scratch again.

Quite a few parts of the boat are either bolted down or hidden away, so inspecting the boat regularly would mean dismantling her. Now she is going to be out of the water for some time, will give us a chance to see what else the previous boatyard have missed. /forums/images/icons/mad.gif We have now got some serious concerns about what they have actually done.

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[BarryH]

Re: Twostroke - please read this...

So you've learnt a second lesson. Don't take what you are told as gospel. Theres just as many shisters in the boat fixing world as there is in the car fixing world.

I can't see that the fuel tank is that hidden away that you can't get to the bits that count. Even on my old boat I can get to all the connections and sender on the tank by lifting up a floor section.
Wether they be bolted down or hidden away, you should do regular checks of connections and fittings. Bouncing 40 or 50 gallons of petrol in a tin box across waves at speed will soon take its toll. You can argue 'till the cows come home about what people have said they have done. If you haven't seen it with your own eyes how can you be 100% sure. Happy1 had a dsc vhf fitted to his boat by a "dealer". It fell off its mounting, no sorry, the mounting fell of the boat, the first time he went out in it and they didn't even connect it to the GPS. So he had a dsc vhf that was useless in the emergency mode. Most usefull.


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[rich]

found this engine n drive leg 290.rich ) <A target="_blank" HREF=http://www.jersey-harbours.com>http://www.jersey-harbours.com