Blige flooded while in toe. WHY?

[carego]

I was under toe last week and the blige kept filling up with water. Any answers?

 

[topcat0399]

I was under toe last week and the blige kept filling up with water. Any answers?

That used to happen to us the first year we had our boat.

Turned out wet deck cores were the source. They acted like leaky water storage tanks regularly replenished by rain and leaky deck hardware.

Guess what I had to do.


Good luck and don't give up the ship.

Happy sails.

 

[Jon_E]

That used to happen to us the first year we had our boat.

Turned out wet deck cores were the source.

If it was wet deck cores, the same thing would happen when you were at the slip. So it is either caused by (a) being out of the water, or (b) being jostled while being towed. I'm going with (b).

The first suspect would be the fresh water tank. The top of the cap has a breather hole. If the tank had any water it would percolate out the breather cap while the water sloshed around. You know, just like it does to the tiny hole in your commuter coffee cup. Also, check the hoses.

The second thing would be to look for water bottles and the like that may be leaking. Wherever they are, the water would end up in the bilge as that's the lowest point.

Lastly, when you hauled out the boat to be put on the trailer, you probably had a power wash. It's a standard service. Perhaps the boat "made" some water from the power wash.

Good luck.

 

[Donnybrook]

If you were being towed faster than hull speed, like over 6.5kts, then the boat settles down in the water making things normally above waterline now below waterline. Check cockpit drain hoses and rudder stuffing box.

 

[Jon_E]

I was under toe last week and the blige kept filling up with water. Any answers?

Okay, face palm on my part. I didn't think you were under tow in the water, but being towed on a trailer by a truck. Why I thought that, I don't know.

If you were under tow by a power boat, you were indeed going faster than hull speed. Your stern settled back farther than normal. Water came in through the transom and into your bilge through the bilge pump. Either the bilge pump did not engage, or it did and you did not hear it. Even if the bilge pump engaged, it would not turn on until the float triggers it. The bilge pump turns off when the float drops again with the water level, but there is always a little bit left below that.

How do I know this? Several years ago I was towed back into port by Vessel Assist. All this happened with my boat. I had to radio the skipper of the tow boat to slow down a bit, just enough so the stern was no longer settled so low in the water.