T&T: Boat sunk at dock, need advice

[Pascal Gademer]

sorry to hear about your boat!  a boater's worst nightmare... well second 
worst after a fire.

did water get in the engines or it didn't reach the dipsticks?  if you got 
water in oil, you have very little time to act... you need to the mess out 
and crinse the salt out by circulating diesel first then engine oil.  a few 
times.   that's what i did on a diesel genny that ingested water... so far 
so good.

outside everything needs to be rinsed with fresh water, starters (and 
alternators) pulled and cleaned...

how about the trannies, did water get in ?

what a mess... good luck !

pascal
miami, fl
70 hatteras 53my
live helm cam @ www.sandbarhopper.com

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ken Tischler" <ken at mvmicroship.com>
To: "T&T" <trawlers-and-trawlering at lists.samurai.com>
Sent: Saturday, February 02, 2008 9:03 AM
Subject: T&T: Boat sunk at dock, need advice


> Our marina called late yesterday to tell our boat was sitting very low in
> the water. By the time I got there 20 minutes later she was almost on the
> bottom. Fortunately the water is only 8' deep at the dock. Nevertheless, 
> we
> had four feet of water in the engine room, and 2-3' in the master 
> stateroom
> and bow stateroom.
>
> TowBoatUS arrived a couple of hours later with a gas powered pump. It took
> about 5 hours to get all the water out and refloat the boat. What a mess!
> Worst part is we cannot find how the water got in the boat. Once it was
> pumped out no more water was coming in. All through hulls checked out 
> fine.
>
> My question is what to do to about engines and transmissions. Tranny's 
> were
> completely submerged, engines (Lehman 120's) got water up to about half 
> way
> up the starters. What is the best process to use to ensure to clean and
> preserve the engines and transmissions?
>
> Looks like we are going to be spending the weekend ripping out sodden 
> carpet
> and trying to dry the boat out.
>
> -- 
> Ken Tischler
> Microship
> DeFever 49RPH
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