Hello All,
Working on my E38 today, getting it ready for the season, etc. It wintered in the water so there isn't much to do to prepare it. My boat has two of the four cockpit drains connected to a single 1 1/2" drain that dumps through the bottom of the hull. In the course of working on the boat I opened the seacock that controls that drain hose. I was greeted with the sound of rushing water! Closing the seacock immediately I went to check on this. The "T" that connects the two cockpit lines to the single line, the hose had been pushed off the T completely. My best guess is that the line filled with water, iced up and the pressure pushed the line off. The creepy thing about this is I could easily not have heard the water running and left the boat. Or the hose might have not been pushed completely off, just almost, and waiting to fail at a worse time.
Bottom line, go check your seacocks and make damned sure the hose clamps are secure.
RT
Working on my E38 today, getting it ready for the season, etc. It wintered in the water so there isn't much to do to prepare it. My boat has two of the four cockpit drains connected to a single 1 1/2" drain that dumps through the bottom of the hull. In the course of working on the boat I opened the seacock that controls that drain hose. I was greeted with the sound of rushing water! Closing the seacock immediately I went to check on this. The "T" that connects the two cockpit lines to the single line, the hose had been pushed off the T completely. My best guess is that the line filled with water, iced up and the pressure pushed the line off. The creepy thing about this is I could easily not have heard the water running and left the boat. Or the hose might have not been pushed completely off, just almost, and waiting to fail at a worse time.
Bottom line, go check your seacocks and make damned sure the hose clamps are secure.
RT