Hi ,
recently just bought a 38-200 1986, sold the house , moved the wife and kid on to it . To change lifestyle living and push off and cruise for a year in the next 1 1/2 years .
I have done lots , it’s it a good boat , but there has been somethings .
I guess my question at the moment is the the venting for the water tanks .
Forepeak tank vents in to the galley sink and stern tank vents in to the head sink .
we’ve been having water problems . And I’ve worked it out to it seems like the vent hose is water Locking /air locking the vent and the pump cant suck hard enough to fight this .
Last couple times after filling the water tank I’ve been going to the forepeak and removing and blowing the water out of the vent hose . Seems to help . IF I don’t blow out the line , the tank just stays half full and I run out of water from the stern tank , I have no midship tank , that was removed before I was an owner to make room for larger battery bank .
But today I decided to leave a bowl under the the spigot . And well let’s say it was nasty . So I took bleach and filled the hose , let it sit and then blew it out with a hose . And EEW .
I have power experience but no sail experience . And on power boats usually we have the vent for the water right by the full cap .
Has any one done this on this model of sail boat ? Is it a common thing ?
I’m going to replace the vent hose , but I was thinking would it be better to relocate the vent to the out side ?
is this bad for when you heeled over while sailing ?
Is the vent to the sink a design flaw ?
Thanks for your time .
Little long winded . Lots of questions .
recently just bought a 38-200 1986, sold the house , moved the wife and kid on to it . To change lifestyle living and push off and cruise for a year in the next 1 1/2 years .
I have done lots , it’s it a good boat , but there has been somethings .
I guess my question at the moment is the the venting for the water tanks .
Forepeak tank vents in to the galley sink and stern tank vents in to the head sink .
we’ve been having water problems . And I’ve worked it out to it seems like the vent hose is water Locking /air locking the vent and the pump cant suck hard enough to fight this .
Last couple times after filling the water tank I’ve been going to the forepeak and removing and blowing the water out of the vent hose . Seems to help . IF I don’t blow out the line , the tank just stays half full and I run out of water from the stern tank , I have no midship tank , that was removed before I was an owner to make room for larger battery bank .
But today I decided to leave a bowl under the the spigot . And well let’s say it was nasty . So I took bleach and filled the hose , let it sit and then blew it out with a hose . And EEW .
I have power experience but no sail experience . And on power boats usually we have the vent for the water right by the full cap .
Has any one done this on this model of sail boat ? Is it a common thing ?
I’m going to replace the vent hose , but I was thinking would it be better to relocate the vent to the out side ?
is this bad for when you heeled over while sailing ?
Is the vent to the sink a design flaw ?
Thanks for your time .
Little long winded . Lots of questions .
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