Great start to season....... Not!
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Went to clean the 'Old Girl' yesterday.
Odd smell on entering wheelhouse that I've realised is about 12 gallons of Diesel.
Seems tank has let go on a seam!
Not impressed. No way to remove old tank as it was obviously installed prior to deck being welded on so its a plastic tank & a redesign of bilge area to facilitate.
Anyone else got a tale of woe after the winter layup?
Several years ago after putting the boat back in for the season we went alongside the village pontoon to refill the fresh water tank.
It was a pretty big tank and a small hose so we stuck the end in the deck filler and busied ourselves with various other tasks.
After a while I began to think it was taking a very long time to fill but there was no sign on deck of it overflowing.
Ignored it for a while longer, then noticed the automatic bilge pump had switched itself on.
Mild panic that we had a hull leak and rushed down below to find a dry cabin.
Eventually the penny dropped that over the winter my Dad had removed the fresh water tank outlet (that sat below the floor) to drain the tank fully in case of frost and forgotten to reconnect it.
We had therefore spent 30 minutes pumping water in one end of the boat and out the other.
It was a pretty big tank and a small hose so we stuck the end in the deck filler and busied ourselves with various other tasks.
After a while I began to think it was taking a very long time to fill but there was no sign on deck of it overflowing.
Ignored it for a while longer, then noticed the automatic bilge pump had switched itself on.
Mild panic that we had a hull leak and rushed down below to find a dry cabin.
Eventually the penny dropped that over the winter my Dad had removed the fresh water tank outlet (that sat below the floor) to drain the tank fully in case of frost and forgotten to reconnect it.
We had therefore spent 30 minutes pumping water in one end of the boat and out the other.
s2kjock said:
Several years ago after putting the boat back in for the season we went alongside the village pontoon to refill the fresh water tank.
It was a pretty big tank and a small hose so we stuck the end in the deck filler and busied ourselves with various other tasks.
After a while I began to think it was taking a very long time to fill but there was no sign on deck of it overflowing.
Ignored it for a while longer, then noticed the automatic bilge pump had switched itself on.
Mild panic that we had a hull leak and rushed down below to find a dry cabin.
Eventually the penny dropped that over the winter my Dad had removed the fresh water tank outlet (that sat below the floor) to drain the tank fully in case of frost and forgotten to reconnect it.
We had therefore spent 30 minutes pumping water in one end of the boat and out the other.
Very similar story with my parents when they had a Nelson. Only they found out when rather started rising up the floor in the rear cabin that the bilge pump had failed. Oops.It was a pretty big tank and a small hose so we stuck the end in the deck filler and busied ourselves with various other tasks.
After a while I began to think it was taking a very long time to fill but there was no sign on deck of it overflowing.
Ignored it for a while longer, then noticed the automatic bilge pump had switched itself on.
Mild panic that we had a hull leak and rushed down below to find a dry cabin.
Eventually the penny dropped that over the winter my Dad had removed the fresh water tank outlet (that sat below the floor) to drain the tank fully in case of frost and forgotten to reconnect it.
We had therefore spent 30 minutes pumping water in one end of the boat and out the other.
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