I'm lazier than that, for the sink in the head I have a 2nd valve just
under the sink that I can easily get at - the seacock is a pain to get
to, it is readily accessible but I'm not likely to do so.
Graham Collins
Secret Plans
C&C 35-III #11
On 2014-05-26 10:37 AM, coltrek via CnC-List wrote:
Well, I guess I'm a bad seaman too. I have never closed my seacocks
either. I just make sure that my hoses are good and the connections
are sound. I could never remember to turn them on when I needed them.
I'll take that back. I do have to close to seacock to the sink in the
head when the wind is up.
Bill
C&C 39
-------- Original message --------
From: dwight via CnC-List
Date:05/26/2014 5:18 AM (GMT-05:00)
To: 'Jim Watts' ,cnc-list@cnc-list.com
Subject: Stus-List Seacocks
My C&C 35 MKII has 7 Groco bronze seacocks, each one placed in a very
hard to reach space...since it is well known to be good seamanship to
close all seacocks when leaving the boat I wonder why the designers
did not make them a little more easily accessible and with longer
handles too...I might be more inclined to use them if they were more
accessible...however all 7 do move freely open to close, the surveyor
confirmed that just last week
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*From:*CnC-List [mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com] *On Behalf Of
*Jim Watts via CnC-List
*Sent:* May 26, 2014 2:07 AM
*To:* M Bod; 1 CnC List
*Subject:* Re: Stus-List First sail
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
<mailto: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
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