Learned Two Things Today

[fizerocks]

Don't take the AC strainer out to clean in the fall after the boat has been pulled.

Do shut all seacocks off at the end of the season after boat has been pulled.

 

[SCORPIO]

Did you launch with the strainer out and the seacock open?

 

[fizerocks]

Didn't get the strainer lid back on correctly and left the seacock open. Forward bilge float switch was not working so water was running through the weep holes to the back bilge. Marina noticed the bilge running and found the problem.

 

[camman73]

On point #2, make sure you close it after you pull the boat and maybe even leave it open and blow through with compressed air. I missed opening a ball valve after we hauled the boat and the water that was sitting above the valve ended up freezing and cracked the valve.

 

[Gregory S]

How about just learn to put the strainer back correctly in the first place? I always pull and clean all the strainer baskets when the boat is hauled, and I leave all the seacocks open so they can drain to avoid freezing.

 

[Radioactive]

<< Note to self: buy marina staff a pizza and a six-pack >>

 

[rduhon]

Last time I washed my a/c strainer, I set it on the dock and it rolled off into the bayou.
Them thangs don't float.