So... I went down to the marina today to launch my boat... that's right... Boat was pulled November 9 with the plan to polish the hull, paint the bottom and disassemble/reassemble the hydraulic swim platform... only took 3 months... As soon as I pulled it we have had a very hard winter. So much for global warming.
So here she is getting ready to go in:
And my very expensive swim platform maintenance (note the new hydraulic lines and paint job... this thing was completely disassembled, stripped, primed, tri-luxed and the reassembled).
Last minute prop work:
They start lowering into the water and I get on the boat and go down in the bilge to check on things. I hear water running.... Water is streaming out of the macerator underwater thru-hull/seacock. It's coming out between the triangular flange and the hull... and it was no small leak. I told them to stop lowering the boat (they raised it back up) and they go get someone from the yard to look at it. They then lower the boat all the way and the thing STOPS leaking...
The mechanic said that he had seen this before and when the hull flexes a little, it can break the seal between the seacock and the hull... He said they needed to pull it out, clean up the hole in the hull, check/seal the core if it's exposed (I think it's solid glass in that area now since this is a 2003), and use 5200 to put it back. I assume they know what they are doing...
Just an FYI...
So here she is getting ready to go in:
And my very expensive swim platform maintenance (note the new hydraulic lines and paint job... this thing was completely disassembled, stripped, primed, tri-luxed and the reassembled).
Last minute prop work:
They start lowering into the water and I get on the boat and go down in the bilge to check on things. I hear water running.... Water is streaming out of the macerator underwater thru-hull/seacock. It's coming out between the triangular flange and the hull... and it was no small leak. I told them to stop lowering the boat (they raised it back up) and they go get someone from the yard to look at it. They then lower the boat all the way and the thing STOPS leaking...
The mechanic said that he had seen this before and when the hull flexes a little, it can break the seal between the seacock and the hull... He said they needed to pull it out, clean up the hole in the hull, check/seal the core if it's exposed (I think it's solid glass in that area now since this is a 2003), and use 5200 to put it back. I assume they know what they are doing...
Just an FYI...
