Water in the boat

[Buck]

Make sure the rest of the crew are awake, make sure of your position and send a pan pan, then investigate.
You can always inform coastguard etc... of all ok once you have found the fat bloke has peed himself, or be happy no-one is unaccounted for and people are ready to stage a rescue if jaws has bitten your keel off and you need to escalate call to mayday.

Buck

Relax, life is just a game.

 

[Badger]

Re: I notice Badger has lit the blue touch paper...

Yes, Scotland in fact, from which I have just returned with an intersting purchase from Caley Marine in Inverness ........

 

[Guest]

First, find the leak

Stepping into 3 inches of water means it's not fresh (100 gallons of water equals 13 cubic feet - a column of water 13 feet long, by 4 feet wide by 3 inches high) - more like 500+ gallons for that depth. And for that much water to come in that quickly, it's probably something pretty big rather than any slow leak. Still, the boat's not awash, you've got several feet more before that's going to happen, so I would find and stop the leak first, while alerting the crew as to what's happening. As was mentioned, failure to close the valve in the head is a common source of water, but usually not a gusher - it's more likely that something's let go. The engine is the most common source of lots of water coming in fast - the prop shaft coming uncoupled and sliding out, or hose clamps letting go (happened to us). You should be able to hear the water coming in if it's something that big - you'll have a fountain of water somewhere. If you can't find it in a quick survey, then put out a pan pan as you man all the pumps you can muster while you keep looking for the leak.

 

[tcm]

Re: but but

you just told us to taste if it was salty! Blurgh!

I think that the 3-4 inches of water is the washing up bowl, which is either collecting water from the dripping hatch, or left over from the "overboard" thread below to get our feet nice and warm, or (most likely) a morning windup, teehee.

 

[tcm]

Re: Badger\'s new purchase

is it an inflatable bath designed to fit between berths?

 

[Badger]

Re: Badger\'s new purchase

Not quite but it is almost as exciting........ it's an Anchor Buddy !!! Yes all the way from NZ via Inverness to Surrey !! British Airways were impressed when we turned up at Edinburgh airport with all 30lbs of it !!!! check it out at anchorbuddy.co.nz.

 

[gtmoore]

Re: Badger\'s new purchase

Similar to the Compass Anchor 'Chum'? Does anyone have any experience of using these?


Gavin

 

[Badger]

Re: Badger\'s new purchase

I didn't know compass did one, I will check out.

 

[Stingo]

<<<It's a rough night on passage, you are asleep down below. You wake up to go on watch and as you swing your feet out of the bunk they settle in 3-4 inches of water.

What do you do next ????????>>>

<font color=blue>So badger, what did you do?</font color=blue>


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[Badger]

What would Badger do ?

Similar to the other's :

1. Wake up the rest of the off watch.
2. Get them to man the pumps
3.Pan pan call
4. Look for the cause -check all inlet;s/seacocks/skin fittings etc
5.have crew member prepare life-raft.

 

[Twister_Ken]

The first thing Badger should do

is check that his girt big anchor chum hasn't knocked a hole in the boat somewhere.