Shore Water Installation

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Has anyone had the opportunity to install shore water on a 1988 Carver Santego 38'? I'm getting mixed advise on whether you can or not. Would appreciate any advise you may have and some diagrams for installation. Thanks in advance.

Sonny
 
All you ahve to do is tie into any cold water line after the pump. On your boat, I'd mount it on the transom and tee into the cold water line feeding the transom shower...should only take an hour or less.
 
I've never done this, but I thought you needed a one way check valve to protect the pump. I believe there is a diagram in the West Marine catalog on how to do this. Hopefully you'll get more constructive ideas than someone saying "Maybe you should not have a boat"????? Perhaps that individual shouldn't have a computer.
 
I had shore water installed on my Regal 2465. Well worth the money.
 
Hi Chris,

Can you drop me an email when you get a chance?
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My slip neighbor found out the hard way, about an important element to the shore water connection to his boat. His connection inside the boat sprung a leak and nearly sank his boat, while he slept. Be sure to install one of those automatic sprinkler cutoff valves on the dock connection to the hose. This way the water will cut off after a couple of hundred gallons if your boat plumbing springs a leak while you are away.
 
The pump has a built in check valve to keep water from back flowing
 
I have a PSI regulator between the shore water and the inlet to boat. Seems like a good idea to insure you don't "blow the connections" inside if you happen to tap into an agressive PSI outlet at the shore. Maybe overkill but I sleep better, not an expert on this one...
 
I can't imagine a 38' Carver coming from the factory without a shore water hook up. Shouldn't that be a standard item?
 
Thanks for all the info, you've been a lot of help......guess I'll pursue this further and see what happens.....I'm especially interested in the fact that if your on shore water and it springs a leak you had better have something that protects the boat other than a standard bileg pump...maybe the realo answer is to keep fillng the tanks up and use the onboard water pump....thanks again and Happy Thanksgiving.

Sonny
 
I would have thought the same thikng but it doesn't have one.
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Originally posted by cwms

I can't imagine a 38' Carver coming from the factory without a shore water hook up. Shouldn't that be a standard item?

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It's standard NOW, but back in the 80's and early 90's they were optional
 
This happened at our marina last summer. Owners left the water on, and the hose sprung a leak. I've heard this happening before, but I got to see it with my very own eyes. So I can definately say, yes it happens.

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This particular boat had the city water inlet INSIDE the transom trunk. The bottom of the trunk was open all the way to the bilge. The waterline passed through a slit in the trunk door, and with a tight water line, a bit of wind, and a little imagination, and anyone should'a figured out that the water line will chaff on the trunk slit. And when it makes a hole in the hose, there is open space all the way to the bilge.

Pretty poor boat design. Not gonna say the boat brand, but its not Carver.

Three solutions I see:

1. simply make sure you turn the water off when you leave the boat unattended.

2. Buy one of these http://www.flowguardian.com/

3. Don't use shore water.

Personally, I use #3 because it keeps the water tanks clean with fresh water.
 
I can't see the pic :-(

I use ONLY shore water...leaving my water tank empty. I DO, however, make SURE that the shore water is turned off when I leave on Sunday night
 
As Awboater said. Check out the Flowguardian. It's cheap, and available at just about any hardware store. It counts gallons and shuts off the flow when it reaches the dialed in gallon limit. To begin the flow again, just reset it. It's mounted on the dock inlet, not in the boat, so if a leak happens in the boat, it's going to stop before enough water runs to get you into trouble.
 
It's a whole lot safer to just fill the tanks the regular way and use from them. Keeps them fresh too.

If you insist on living dangerously, install a LOUD bilge alarm.
 
I plan to put one of these in my boat, too. My 52 gallon water system simply isn't enough to keep my family happy the way we use our boat as a floating condo on weekends. The Mrs. and Junior think that shower is going to run forever!!!

I do use the water tank, though, so my thoughts were to put the city water system in, but only use it when we're on the boat as an alternative to the water tank. Plus, I would think you should use up the water out of your tank every few weeks so it doesn't get stale. That seems to be a reasonable compromise. I hear ya on the safety issue - I saved a friend's boat when I went into the cabin to "steal" some sugar for my coffee and stepped into a foot of water at the bottom of the ladder. It too had sprung a leak in the city water system...

PS - on older boats at least, as some have said already, be sure to put a check valve in to protect the fresh water pump. They are very cheap to purchase...
 
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