Either leave the engine seacock open, or hang the ignition key off the seacock handle. Me, I'm useless and we have a Yanmar, so I can start the engine with pretty much anything I have in my pocket including lint. I leave the seacock open. I know this makes me a bad person and I can live with that.
Jim Watts Paradigm Shift C&C 35 Mk III Victoria, BC On 25 May 2014 20:13, M Bod via CnC-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: > > OK. Boat got off the dock today. After a bunch of engine work, new hoses > and new fuel tank (all installed by mechanic) everything is supposed to be > working smoothly. > > Well. Getting off the dock was not so smooth. Couldn't sort out why roller > furler was jamming for a bit. > Finally sorted the issue, started the engine, made sure all looked good > (exhaust a little louder than I expected, but not bad). > > Off we went (had a friend along to assist moving the boat from the marina > to a nearby cove where it can stay an extra week). > > 10 min out I see some smoke riding through the companion way. Throttle > down. Full off engine cowling. Coolant everywhere! Must have a leak. > > We turn around to limp back to the dock. I'm looking at the mess with the > coolant boiling over when I realize (OK remember mechanic warned me) the > seacock for the engine is CLOSED!!! > > Opened the seacock. Everything cooled off. We had burned off much of our > coolant - so I poured in a 1/2 litre water bottle. Kept the engine at low > rpm and made the run to the cove. > > Little hitch at the end. Went to furl the jib but too much sail and not > enough line on the furling drum. Only managed to pack away 2/3 of the sail. > Solved that by doing 10 clockwise circles in the bay to wrap the sail > around the forestay! Dirty, but it worked. > All told we survived. Feel like a royal idiot for forgetting the seacock. > Had pretty good water shooting out of the muffler after - but I figure I > better pull the impellor and check/replace it anyway. > > I had checked the exhaust when we started - saw splashes. But later > realized I was looking at the air exhaust hitting the water and causing a > little splash. > > Still a little shell shocked from the experience but thinking I'll likely > remember the seacock in the future!!!!! > > Mark > _______________________________________________ > This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album > > Email address: > CnC-List@cnc-list.com > To change your list preferences, including unsubscribing -- go bottom of > page at: > http://cnc-list.com/mailman/listinfo/cnc-list_cnc-list.com > >
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