follow-up to almost sinking my boat

[deltabighat]

Last year I almost lost my Trophy when it was tied to a can in Capitola Harbor. It developed a leak and almost sank before Ed, Mike and the guys from Capitola Boat and Bait came to the rescue with auxillary pumps. A lot of you gave me good advice on how to clean the mess up and it has finally all worked out. The water was so deep in the cockpit that it came over the engine's dipstick and we had water in the bottom of the crankcase. It turned out that the leak came from one of our self bailing scuppers that drain water from the deck out through the transom. That pipe cracked at the elbow as it made a ninety degree turn upwards to the deck so now the water just came in as the break was even with the water but below the height of the deck. We fixed that and now we are totally dry. The boatshop drained my engine of all oil, replaced the filter and started it up for a minute or so, then drained it again. They did this about four times and there is no trace of water in the engine. I ran it hard up around Franks Tract a couple weeks ago and the oil on the stick was crystal clear, no milkiness or discolorizion. The whole repair including starter, alternator, belts, power steering pump etc was a couple thousand dollars but I think we're home free. However, I think a hear a little noise coming from the gimble bearing........ Thanks again to all who offered up good advice.

DBH

 

[Flutterby]

Wow! What an enlightening post. Thankfully, I have never had to deal with such a misfortune as yours. I am so glad that you did not have to replace the engine.

Just remember, with a boat, you are never[/] "home free"! If it isn't one thing, it is a dozen more.....

BTW, did you have any electrical damage to wiring or things like the batteries? If you've already covered this, you can just give the link to your previous posting which I missed.....

Happy boating!

 

[lobsta1]

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Last year I almost lost my Trophy when it was tied to a can in Capitola Harbor

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Glad for the good news, sorry about the bad news that it happened at all. The thing I am wondering about is that I thought it was illegal to tie up to a can.

 

[deltabighat]

Yes we had to replace a bunch of things including some wiring harnesses, the alternator, the starter and the power steering pump for some reason.. Maybe I should have said moorings instead of cans but in any event they have about 30 of them and they are used to moor boats for one hour to one month or longer. I just call them cans.

DBH

 

[jtybt15]

Yeah, water can leak both into and from the drive bellows thru the transom. That should have been taken into account but all in all, it should be a fairly easy fix.

 

[J-I-T]

Lube up the gimbal bearing and check

water will get into the bellows from the boat side

 

[tecdady]

just a quick question, did the 90 break due to freezing? seems to be the culprit on land, just wondering if it might have happened on your boat. glad everything worked out. water in a motor is nothing nice! (and i have had it on land vehicles.... dont ask heh)

 

[Monterey10]

The older Bayliners and I guess the Trophys used PVC thru hulls. They're prone to cracking, especially if the sun beats down on them.

I recommend that any boat with the white PVC thru hulls be replaced with Maralon thru hulls.

 

[deltabighat]

I couldn't tell exactly how or where it was cracked because as many of you may know, Bayliner is great about covering up pumps and wiring where the only way to repair or change them is to cut an access hole thru the deck. As far as I could see, it looked like the failure was at the elbow but I am not sure and yes these are white pvc. We fixed it by simply cutting off the pipe inside the transom and putting a pvc cap over ir so now I am minus one self bailing tube. I now carry three rubber, expandable plugs to put in the other three openings on the outside of the transom if we have another problem while on the water. Not exactly safe, but will suffice until I can find a way in where they are to replace the hoses.

DBH