As an FYI. One of the items on the safety equipment list I believe mandatory is a set of wooden plugs. I hope no one ever has to use one, but just don't hide them in a place you will forget. I ended up using the large one this weekend, when I was sailing. Luckily we were healing to port for a good hour in fair winds making 6 knots easily. I went down to the
V bearth to close the hatch and saw water on the floor. I traced it back to under the sink. Thinking it was from my instalation of a check valve in the bilge line, I checked the area. The sink thruhull was just laying there, the opening like a mini porthole. I could see the waves clearly. Looks like the plastic was attacked by age. My immeadiate thought was to turn around and head back. This would have meant healing eventually to Starboard, allowing the water to just flow though the hole.
No duct tape on my boat, I started to look for something to plug the hole. Then the light bulb went off and I remembered the wooden plug kit.
And it saved us. We returned to the dock and made same day repairs. :dance:
Life is good!
V bearth to close the hatch and saw water on the floor. I traced it back to under the sink. Thinking it was from my instalation of a check valve in the bilge line, I checked the area. The sink thruhull was just laying there, the opening like a mini porthole. I could see the waves clearly. Looks like the plastic was attacked by age. My immeadiate thought was to turn around and head back. This would have meant healing eventually to Starboard, allowing the water to just flow though the hole.
No duct tape on my boat, I started to look for something to plug the hole. Then the light bulb went off and I remembered the wooden plug kit.
And it saved us. We returned to the dock and made same day repairs. :dance:
Life is good!
