Another boat on the bottem

[raymac]

This one is at Cassio bridge lock 78 and it is my boat (well gutted) trying to arrange pump out! It sunk on the day I was last on it. ( last wensday ) but I only found out yesterday when I went to it to get some thing off it. So now I need some advice as to what I need to do when it's afloat again engine and so on. Thanks ray

[Naughty Cal]

Sorry we cant be of much help, but im sure there will be someone here who can advise on the best way to pump her out.

 

Sorry to hear of your situation and we hope all is well once she is pumped out.

 

Good luck

 

P

[alan_fincher]

Ray,

 

Probably a bit more information might help people advise.....

 

How big is the boat ?

 

Do you know why it has sunk ?

 

Are the hullsides / gunwales above or below the water line ?

 

(If there are no big apertures in the hull that can't be easily sealed, then if hullsides are above water, it's usually "just" a case of getting sufficient pumps to pump it out.

 

If it's gone further under, I'd say it becomes far more specialist.

 

Is it polluting the canal with any escaping oil or diesel ? If so BW or the EA may wish to get involved in a containment exercise, I guess.

 

Anyway, very sorry to hear it.

 

Alan

[GSer]

Sorry to hear your bad news, its not a nice thing to happen at all, won't your insurance cover any damage?

 

Take your time with the engine if its been submerged, it will need draining of oil, new oil and filter fitted, remove injectors to allow water to escape from the bores to reduce the risk of hydraulic lock, check the inlet and exhaust sytem is free from standing water( no point in clearing th ebores if you just suck a load more water in the instant you try and start it!), replace the air filter if fitted, drain the fuel off and replace fuel filters and add clean fuel. Check the starter battery is OK (sometimes they survive flooding sometimes not) Allow all the engine electrics to dry off before attempting to use them. Double check you have removed all water from the fuel system water in a fuel pump can severily damage the closly matched parts, water can block some pump filters that normally allow fuel through!

 

Change the gearbox oil, its easy to forget and gearboxes don't last too long running in a water/oil slurry

 

And thats just the engine and gearbox!

[mayalld]

This one is at Cassio bridge lock 78 and it is my boat (well gutted) trying to arrange pump out! It sunk on the day I was last on it. ( last wensday ) but I only found out yesterday when I went to it to get some thing off it. So now I need some advice as to what I need to do when it's afloat again engine and so on. Thanks ray

 

I feel for you.

 

It's a real kick in the teeth when you had no inkling that there was a problem, and return to find the boat on the bottom.

 

Good luck in getting her raised and sorted.

[NB Alnwick]

This one is at Cassio bridge lock 78 and it is my boat (well gutted) trying to arrange pump out! It sunk on the day I was last on it. ( last wensday ) but I only found out yesterday when I went to it to get some thing off it. So now I need some advice as to what I need to do when it's afloat again engine and so on. Thanks ray

 

Good luck in getting your boat re-floated - be aware that canal water isn't exactly clean and it will have seeped into all sorts of internal areas - so re-floating the boat will be the easy part, the problems will come with the immense task of cleaning and drying-out the inside and contents. I hope you are adequately insured and are able to make a claim because, in my view, the drying and cleaning out are best entrusted to competent staff at a boatyard.

[Smelly]

Although I've never come home to find my boat on the bottom I nearly lost everything when my last boat made a concerted effort to get there.

 

My wishes are with you fella, good luck with the salvage.

[matty40s]

Ray,

I am gutted for you, ....the project gets more difficult. I can't believe Narnia has come all the way thru this winter and now decided to go under.

 

Rays boat isn't much bigger than the narrowboat Bob that was going down slowly last month Alan.

[debbifiggy]

Ray,

I am gutted for you, ....the project gets more difficult. I can't believe Narnia has come all the way thru this winter and now decided to go under.

 

Rays boat isn't much bigger than the narrowboat Bob that was going down slowly last month Alan.

 

But Bob is still afloat!

D

[matty40s]

Front end yes!!

 

I reckon you take a foot pump with you when you go past walking your dog and level it off a bit just to confuse me!!

 

[jenlyn]

Front end yes!!

 

I reckon you take a foot pump with you when you go past walking your dog and level it off a bit just to confuse me!!

 

 

wheres bob moored?

[matty40s]

lower Berkhamsted, at the end of William st (?).

 

http://www.flickr.com/photos/matty40s/4385345197/

[Speedwheel]

BW did try to phone you but it appears the phone number they have for you is no longer in use.

[DHutch]

Sorry to hear your bad news, its not a nice thing to happen at all, won't your insurance cover any damage?

 

Take your time with the engine if its been submerged, it will need draining of oil, new oil and filter fitted, remove injectors to allow water to escape from the bores to reduce the risk of hydraulic lock, check the inlet and exhaust sytem is free from standing water( no point in clearing th ebores if you just suck a load more water in the instant you try and start it!), replace the air filter if fitted, drain the fuel off and replace fuel filters and add clean fuel. Check the starter battery is OK (sometimes they survive flooding sometimes not) Allow all the engine electrics to dry off before attempting to use them. Double check you have removed all water from the fuel system water in a fuel pump can severily damage the closly matched parts, water can block some pump filters that normally allow fuel through!

 

Change the gearbox oil, its easy to forget and gearboxes don't last too long running in a water/oil slurry

 

And thats just the engine and gearbox!

I would probably also fill engine with a very cheap oil, then run the engine up for 10-15minutes till its warm, and do another oil/filter change.

 

You can get reclaimed oil from some motor/parts factors under brands such as comma which are surprisingly cheap (often the best way to tell there such before you open in and smell it) which are very good for engine flushing. Otherwise last time i wanted to do such i took the advice from here and come some 'daytona' oil from halfords that was about £8 for a gallon.

 

 

Daniel