self-bailers

[Opinionated]

Re: You\'re absloutely right

One of the nice things about this board is the way people are always able to give sensible reasoned advice, without getting unpleasant.

I had already considered the proposition that I would be making holes in the hull where there were no holes before - that is, of course, the big put off, but with wooden boats, we are perhaps a little less frightened of holes than you plastic twisty jobs. After all, with three months out of the water, my boat needs to be held in slings before launching, so it doesn't sink. Self-bailers represent no fear insofaras they have nice rubber seals, and if they cease to work, they can be renewed or replaced.

Who said I had loads of batteries, ELECTRIC bilge pumps etc etc. I have only manual bilge pumps, and juice is precious and is not available for fridges and stuff like your boat is fitted with (two, is it, Ken?). At my advanced stage in life, I am thinking how much less pumping I would like to do.

You may be right - it may not be a good idea on balance, but you want to try a bit of unpredjudiced thinking before you condemn things.

Sucker indeed!!




IMHO, of course.

 

[jimmie]

Blow job

Another couple of lazy peoples ideas for emptying water from small wooden craft that you might find interesting are:

1) Flutter eyelashes at big handsome sailors, who are then only too keen to come aboard and prime my pump. This technique is best employed after 23:15.

2) Got to take a bit more care here, this is known as the pressurised displacement solution, PDS for short. Basically it involves closing all the hatches tightly, placing a butane container on top of the cooker, lighting the aforesaid cooker, turning it up to high and retiring to the wine bar for half an hour. During this time the resulting exposion will initially clear the interior of the boat of all water. This of course will then be rapidly followed by the disappearance of all leakage sources.


Overall I think technique 2 is slightly safer than putting bailers on a displacement cruiser, in fact it is a lot safer as you undoubtedly will not sink miles from help but in fact be sipping a nice glass of Chardonnay at the moment of crisis.

 

[sailbadthesinner]

Re: Blow job

how many handsome sailors do you know???
all the good looking ones are taken , like me for instance.

what i want to know is how much water would regularly have to fill your bilges for you to even consider self bailers on a cruiser?

ps knowing you jimmie at the point of crisis you will not have your hands on a glass of chardonnay.. you'll have your hands full tho' ;-)


Wedding can be an anagram of 'JUST HANDOVER THE MONEY' if you can't spell.

 

[Twister_Ken]

On wine

I'm reminded of a cartoon I saw recently in the New Yorker.

Bloke and his date at a restaurant table, him with the wine list.

"I prefer drinking chardonnay, but I really like saying pinot grigio"

 

[sailbadthesinner]

Re: On wine

i also think opinionated got a bit tetchy at a bit of leg pulling
i mean posting that you are considering self bailers on this forum and expecting not a bit of raised eyebrows and gentle rib.
i am going to go over to the dark side ansd ask if they do stabilsers ( as in bikes)on sunseekers

hang on they probably do do a full marine variety in case their gin soaked wives fall over

Wedding can be an anagram of 'JUST HANDOVER THE MONEY' if you can't spell.

 

[Bodach na mara]

I agree with the rest of the posts. I had them in a YW Dayboat and they only worked when the boat got up to full speed. Withe the greater depth below the waterline in a cruiser I doubt if they would ever work.

Ken Johnson

 

[Twister_Ken]

Hang on

Yer man Opinionated has got a woody.

That makes him a SUPERIOR BEING.

How many self-bailers would you like, Mr. O?


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PS. I've only got one bilge pump, manual at that, being impoverished and not trusting sparks and water.

 

[claymore]

Re: Hang on

Seems like he got very tetchy going by the big girls blouse comments. Can't really read either, otherwise he would have picked up the suggestion that IF you have batteries and other electrical stuff low down, it will soon be at risk of failure when copious amounts of water are introduced into that area.
Still - takes all sorts - at least Claymore won't get teredo worm or gribble or whatever it is those daft traditionalists seem to catch.

regards
Claymore

 

[Opinionated]

Re: Hang on

Claymore's boat sounds rather wet, wonder why?

(I don't have to agree with YOUR opinions, but I'll defend your right to express them).

 

[claymore]

Go on

Explain how you arrived at that (incorrect) conclusion

regards
Claymore