Flash Flood in the Afternoon

Our visitors were returned to the shore and we were in the afterglow of a most pleasant day in good company. Did I mention it was hot.? Really hot. Suddenly summer has arrived 33C. Hot NE winds barreling down the gullies. We were glad to return to Bantry Bay where the winds gusts were less than 20Knots. Oh joy! As we motored in The Bloke spotted a power boat owner securing his tender as if preparing to throw off the mooring lead. YESSSS! We slipped into the barely vacated spot. A moment of triumph. I hosed off the bow using The Bloke's salt water wash before heading back to the cockpit with the mooring stick to stow it below.

Walking near the helms I noticed some water slurping off the transom. Odd?  Had I really hosed that much that the helm recess scuppers should be draining out such a quantity of water? It was equal to the amount that the engine squirts out. Mmmmm. Something not quite right!

In an instant, The Bloke was inspecting the engine bay while I raised the bilge boards.... where was that water coming from and was it salty or fresh?

The bilge Float Switch at work!
Good but not good.

 Mop and a bucket please!

 

Piling everything out of the way

 

Establishing a problem with the salt water reticulation meant that the manual override switch was turned off and the intake stop-cock shut off too. Water had gushed through our water pump area and was dripping wet. Not hard to located the problem area on that basis!

The break in the pipe at the T piece was luckily, easy to detect but as always, in a devil of a spot for the repairs. While The Bloke set to with his tools, I cleaned out the bilges. Not what we'd planned for a Sunday afternoon but you'd never 'plan' this would you? For good measure the T piece has now been restrained by a clip to prevent any future movement when coming to pressure and chances of a hole been created due to friction. Hopefully this is an improvement.

Totally involved.