02-27-2021, 05:28 PM
None of us a immune. One of my stories.
Spring trip to Piute a few years back.
Launched boat and was waiting while my bride parked truck and trailer.
I noticed the ski compartment was about full of water. I turned on bilge and headed in. Boat did not respond well at all.
As I headed in I'm thinking "how the heck am I getting water?" I could remember putting drain plug in. I could remember screwing in the exhaust manifold drains.
As I nosed in to shore I realized I had not put the water pump hose back on. This was an IO and the previous use had been a late Nov. trip to the Berry. Hose was off to clear pump and protect from freezing.
Tell ya what dang water pump moves a lot of water and will fill a boat in short order.
Takes a lot longer for the bilge pump to empty it than it does for engine circ. pump to fill.
Spring trip to Piute a few years back.
Launched boat and was waiting while my bride parked truck and trailer.
I noticed the ski compartment was about full of water. I turned on bilge and headed in. Boat did not respond well at all.
As I headed in I'm thinking "how the heck am I getting water?" I could remember putting drain plug in. I could remember screwing in the exhaust manifold drains.
As I nosed in to shore I realized I had not put the water pump hose back on. This was an IO and the previous use had been a late Nov. trip to the Berry. Hose was off to clear pump and protect from freezing.
Tell ya what dang water pump moves a lot of water and will fill a boat in short order.
Takes a lot longer for the bilge pump to empty it than it does for engine circ. pump to fill.