Check your vessel before you leave..

[AA3JY]

Yes .. it’s the Holidays but come and check your vessel before you leave on an extended leave..

[Celestialsailor]

I'm one of those people that close all of my thru-hulls religiously. Hoses are know to deteriorate after time. Anti-siphons are known to clog and the list goes on.

[AA3JY]

It apparently was a catastrophic event..was floating in the evening but sitting on the bottom next morning..

[sagablu]

Originally Posted by AA3JY

It apparently was a catastrophic event..was floating in the evening but sitting on the bottom next morning..

Sitting on a mooring just north of my home. It was floating yesterday

[Tetepare]

I assume ours is still in the barn. If it sinks we all have serious problems.

[Lazybone]

Originally Posted by sagablu

Sitting on a mooring just north of my home. It was floating yesterday

It’s still floating.

[carlosproa]

That is one of the things I love about an outboard after having boats with diesels. So one less factor that may contribute to water ingres. If I get a composting toilet it would eliminate to more holes in the hull.

[sailingabe41ds]

The problem with years of doing your check list and nothing ever going wrong is that you become complacent and negligent. That is when it bites you in the a**.
Abe

[gonesail]

once I leave the boat .. all is fine. but leaving and going over the checklist can be painful and I always have a tough time with it.

[Beghn]

Yes, It is but its more beneficial than saw sinking.

[thomm225]

Originally Posted by carlosproa

That is one of the things I love about an outboard after having boats with diesels. So one less factor that may contribute to water ingres. If I get a composting toilet it would eliminate to more holes in the hull.

Same here except all my seacocks are closed. I empty head/large 5.5 gallon porta potti by hand at the facility and also use a bucket if far enough offshore.

A dock mate that is just leaning asked me recently if I had run antifreeze thru my engine for Winter.

I said no it's an outboard, and I start it all Winter. Water drains when I raise it which is sometimes days after I run it

[sagablu]

Originally Posted by Lazybone

It’s still floating.

I meant floating in the proper orientation, but I appreciate your optimism. This is what it looks like today, still floating, sort of.