What a sh!tty day !

[mickrick]

Literally.....

What's so hard to understand? when some one (Me) says, "If you haven't eaten it first, it doesn't go down a marine vac toilet"
"Marine grade toilet paper accepted".

Just had 11 get off the boat, 7 of them teenagers, and I've spent the best part of yesterday,and all day today, trying to get something, none biodegradable, out of a pipe which has been built into the boat.

No Joy. I managed to get one of those springy rod things hooked into whatever it is, and it straightened it out I pulled so hard.
It's in there, and it ain't moving.
Of course, all you Guys in the know, will know, as I do, what it is.

So much for private education

The only consolation is, I know that when Daddy falls of the perch the little darlings will blow all the money, and their children will have to be janitor's for a living. Payback!

Is this a first, a rant on BT&P ?

Off to pour myself a very large rum, and have a chat with my dog.

[mickrick]

mrmaggit said:

Crap rant, and it's BP&T.

Measure the depth in, cut the pipe, put new piece in.

Ah yes, BP&T. (I already started on the rum) Crap's the word But as I said, the pipes, been built into the boat. I already cut the pipe as far down as I can, and the blockage is under the cabin floor and inacessable.
(Crap Tywanese built gin palace).
I'll have to try and run a new pipe.
10 bloody years I've been trying to drum it into their vacant bloody heads!

[mickrick]

10 years of my fookin sad life !

[mickrick]

Ay, you Guys ! They're easy ! Just pull 'em out of the duckbill valve in the vac pump.
It's the, ahem, "ladies" things that swell up in the pipe and become imovable.
Also the wipes and "extra strong" kitchen roll, but they turn up in the day head, not in the cabins below.

[mickrick]

kowalski655 said:

That must be some big lad to block an entire loo!
More likely a young ladies(I use that word advisedly!)pants item...dirty mare

Go to the front and help yourself to an apple.

[mickrick]

kowalski655 said:

Cant you get rid of it with chemicals?
Although I have NO idea what that would do to a boat pipe

Nope, been sitting with some pretty powerfull stuff in there for two days already.

There's no hope. No hope I tell ya' !

[mickrick]

kowalski655 said:

mickrick said:

Go to the front and help yourself to an apple.

Here I am then-2 apples in sight

Mmm. nice apples. Now that's a lady

[mickrick]

Fishtigua said:

Feeling your pain only too well.

Wire coathanger into a corkscrew or get a young Filipina stewie with small hands, always handy to have.

I tell ya, I had one of those man sized springy drain rod things, and it straightened it out. Bloody solid.
Christ I'll be thinking about it in my sleep over the weekend

They're back out on Tuesday, a day earlier than I'd been told.
I'll just hang an "out of order" sign on it. Sod it ! I've had enough.
That looks like a good bit of kit. Where can I get one?

Edited by mickrick on Friday 28th September 20:09

[mickrick]

BliarOut said:

Surely there's some sort of hand drill flexible attachment. for this sort of thing?

I'm thinking about it. And I recon there's a market for them in this job.

[mickrick]

kowalski655 said:

Are they a paying charter or are they family/mates?If the former can you bung a bill to them for the repair work?

Privately owned, so family/friends/hanger oners.

[mickrick]

BliarOut said:

mickrick said:

BliarOut said:

Surely there's some sort of hand drill flexible attachment. for this sort of thing?

I'm thinking about it. And I recon there's a market for them in this job.

Think speedo type drive with a short drill on the end. Basically a bloody long easyout :S

I think it needs a very bendy rod with a pigs willy thing on the end, like Fishtiga posted.
Or something with a cutter like a food liquidiser.
I even considered using the flexible drive on my Dremmel to cut up whatever it is, but I think it's just going to wrap itself up.
I managed to get the springy drain rod thing in so tight, that I can't get it back out, so I've had to cut it off when I cut the pipe.
I bought another longer one, and have tried it from the other end, but still no joy.

I think the only option left is to cut the hose ends off close, and seal them up with expanding foam, and then try to run a new pipe through a different route.
It makes my piss boil, as it's so bloody unessesary !

I also had quite a few "discussions" with the yard during the build about the pipe routing, but the Chinese are so bloody difficult to deal with outside of their box.
They smile at you while they're lying to you.

[mickrick]

Mmm...glamour jobs eh.
The harder I worked the luckier I got.

[mickrick]

Ah the good old Blakes seacock How many times have I had to wallop one of those to get it unsiezed !
After 18 years in the business there isn't much I haven't had to do, but I don't remember having to swim in it. Although I have occaisionaly rolled in it, and had to dive in some pretty disgusting places. (the river in Butterworth Malaysia springs to mind, with a breadnife to cut away a rope we picked up on the way past Penang. I couldn't see my hand in front of my face!)
I don my cap to you Sir !

Motovator, it's a good idea, but I would probably end up using it on the person that caused me the grief ! A sort of enforced Dawinism


Slinky, if only it was just a Condom !
This morning I managed to get out a piece of what seems to be baby wipe.
So it could be some of those.
I wish I knew of something that would break these things down.

Pretty scary when you think of how many of these things are in the world, and not breaking down !

I think I'll have a break today, and fix the tender they broke jumping it over the wake.....

I'm still trying to work out which part of my job people are willing to give their "eye teeth" for ?

[mickrick]

Thanks Mate !
I'll give it a go in the morning.

I had some realy nasty stuff down there called "Melt" ! I accidentaly splashed a bit on my skin, and bloody hell was it hot ! Immediate blister !

I'll put a bit of your magic mix down the pipe, and seal the end up. As I've resigned to the fact they will do without this head for the next trip.
There're 7 others they can use.

Does your stuff work with baby wipes ? I'm thinking it could be those, as I managed to get one out, but there's more, and it's solid.

By comparison, today was a good day Been tinkering in the garage, fixing up the broken tender.
Replaced all the Teleflex stuff, including the steering box, but ended up re-locating some switches and breakers, as the new steering box was slightly larger, and it fouled the back of the breakers.
So I've had a new engraved panel made, and changed the orientation of the switches and breakers to clear the back of the steering box.

Tinkering in the garage....therapy

Now all I need is the new motor for the buggered up crane, so I can get the tender on board. That was burnt out at the end of the last trip too.

They should have called the boat "Crash Test Dummies" !

[mickrick]

essayer said:

mickrick said:

I'll put a bit of your magic mix down the pipe, and seal the end up. As I've resigned to the fact they will do without this head for the next trip.
There're 7 others they can use.

Holy st how big is this boat

One in each cabin, a His & Hers in the master, + a day head.
They soon add up.
She's 27m.
Just M'self and a deck hand run her. But the Boss doesn't want us on board when they're out.
So we do the deliveries, pick her up from wherever she's been "dumped", do the damage control, and deliver her to wherever they want to continue the destruction.
My phone doesn't stop, and I'm often jumping on a plane to go sort out some disaster or other.
After 10 years, I'm losing the will to live.

[mickrick]

Caulkhead said:

mickrick said:

Does your stuff work with baby wipes ? I'm thinking it could be those, as I managed to get one out, but there's more, and it's solid.

It seems to break down most stuff like that but tampons are its speciality as it breaks up the cotton content quite well. Don't ask me how I know!

Great, thanks again. Just brought the tender back to the marina this morning, and picked up some new vac pipe while I was collecting it from our storage.
First thing tomorrow I'll replace the bit I cut out, do as you suggest, and leave it untill they come back a week later.
Going to put my feet up in front of the telly for a couple of hours now..

[mickrick]

Mr Pointy said:

How about a drain unblocker tool like this one:

http://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/i.html?_odkw=drain+rods&...

Alternatively, can you dry the pipe & blockage out. Since whatever is down there swells when wet if you can dry it out (time and/or hot air) it may shrink when dry or tear & come out in bits.

That's what I've been using, only substantialy heavier. It straigtened out I pulled so hard.

[mickrick]

uk_vette said:

mickrick said:

essayer said:

mickrick said:

I'll put a bit of your magic mix down the pipe, and seal the end up. As I've resigned to the fact they will do without this head for the next trip.
There're 7 others they can use.

Holy st how big is this boat

One in each cabin, a His & Hers in the master, + a day head.
They soon add up.
She's 27m.
Just M'self and a deck hand run her. But the Boss doesn't want us on board when they're out.
So we do the deliveries, pick her up from wherever she's been "dumped", do the damage control, and deliver her to wherever they want to continue the destruction.
My phone doesn't stop, and I'm often jumping on a plane to go sort out some disaster or other.
After 10 years, I'm losing the will to live.

.
Sounds to me you just complain too much, and don't get on with your job.
Perhaps it's time you just got on with the job, and fixed the pipes, like that's part of your job.

vette

Well thank you Mr. Vette I'll consider your sage advice and just get the fk on with it shall I ? Which is exactly what I've been doing.
Yes I had a moan to get it off my chest. But I wasn't moaning about my job. I was moaning about the stupidity of the feckless private school educated darlings, that never have to face the consequences of their actions, and the fact that what I was having to do was so unnecessary if they had an ounce of common sense.
Hopefully my little rant has produced a solution from another PH'er, which may get me out of the st. If you'll pardon the pun.
Unlike your suggestion.
In the meantime, perhaps you'll consider the picture below, and whether rolling about in this, and my own sweat is in fact part of my job.
This lot came out a a rate of knots with the baby wipe on the end of the spring rod that had just released, and got me in the face.

I'm quite happy to service the vac pumps, replace diaphrams and duck bill valves, and toilet seals, but I don't consider hepatitis, or vomiting into a bucket as part of my job. Although it obviously is.

As I mentioned before, glamour jobs eh?

[mickrick]

I am Mr. Tranquilo today.