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Topic Title: Houseboat Sank
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Created On: 06/03/2012 07:17:03 AM

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06/06/2012 08:55:11 PM
OLD HOUSEBOATER Super moderator Posts: 1520 Joined: 10/18/2002	We owned an early Carrie Craft. Had soluble oil in the hulls from the factory. ------------------------- OLD HOUSEBOATER
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06/07/2012 06:41:26 AM
stmbtwle Admiral Posts: 2142 Joined: 04/22/2003	When I was in the oil patch our workboats has a stuff called "Flote Coat" in the ballast tanks... ------------------------- Willie She's a tired old barge but she's paid for! http://s71.photobucket.com/alb...p;current=ef324993.pbw
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06/07/2012 07:16:47 AM
TonyB Admiral Posts: 218 Joined: 09/05/2011	Originally posted by: stmbtwle When I was in the oil patch our workboats has a stuff called "Flote Coat" in the ballast tanks... I didn't know you worked in the oil patch also. Next year I will also be able to say "When I was in....." ------------------------- Never wrecked a boat while awake or sober Kemah, Tx. - Galveston Bay
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06/07/2012 12:58:41 PM
FranticallyRelaxing Admiral Posts: 370 Joined: 09/10/2006	I don't know the particulars on sinking boats, but working on what I DO know (kinda ) That boat looks to be about the same size as ours. That means it weighs somewhere around 32,000#... That much weight displaces, at 8.3 pounds per gallon, 3855 gallons of water. Ergo, it seems reasonable that once there's that much water IN the boat, it will sink... BUT, I don't know the particulars, what with one end lowering faster than the other. So, figuring the boat's doomed at half that much water, we're at 1928 gallons. The boat sank within 24 hours-- that much water in 24 hours, 1928/24/60=1.33 gallons per minute... THAT is one healthy leak! But it's actually pretty close to the amount of water the 1/2" line going to my genny would let in if it for some reason came off or broke (or wasn't re-connected properly)... ------------------------- 1988 SkipperLiner 53x14 1995 Tracker Party Cruiser 32 for sale 2003 Chaparral 260 SSI 2000 Allegro Bus 40' DP
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06/07/2012 03:00:33 PM
stmbtwle Admiral Posts: 2142 Joined: 04/22/2003	I'm wondering if it might have been be a cracked/rusted weld, or other rusted spot that wasn't leaking before the stresses of the haulout/launch. The way many boats are built, if they go down as much as say 6", bilge pump discharges and other normally-above-the- waterline fittings would become submerged and could back-flood. 1.33 gallons/minute isn't all that much; your fresh water pump can pump 3 gal/minute or more. It really wouldn't take near that much water to sink a houseboat if it's not compartmented... Once the aft hatches or the ventilators go under, she's gone. All the more reason for at least one BIG pump and a LOUD bilge alarm. A relay to the boats horns would probably be even better. It wouldn't take long before someone got tired of all the racket and did something. The THREE pumps in my engine room add up to over 5000 gph (rated), and they're ALL automatic. They'll run a long time on the 700ah house battery bank. ------------------------- Willie She's a tired old barge but she's paid for! http://s71.photobucket.com/alb...p;current=ef324993.pbw
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06/07/2012 04:25:45 PM
CapnLazy Junior Member Posts: 14 Joined: 09/20/2006	They didn't leave the Dock Water on did they? They say more boats are sunk because of water line breaks when hooked up to the dockside water.
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06/07/2012 05:02:21 PM
Forkliftking Member Posts: 141 Joined: 02/11/2008	Coaltar epoxy will solve all of your problems? Don't believe it.
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06/08/2012 06:18:01 AM
EastTNBoater Admiral Posts: 226 Joined: 11/27/2002	The last boat that sank at my marina was an old steel hulled Stardust. It had a one inch hole rusted through about 6 - 8 inches above the waterline. We had a big snowstorm - heavy and wet. It pushed the front of that boat down and over just enough to submerge the hole and down she went. It sank about eight feet down until it hit the cross bars on the dock. They raised it. It was a mess, but the people half way refurbed it and put it back in the water. I can understand why more and more marinas are performing inspections. Edited: 06/08/2012 at 06:18:23 AM by EastTNBoater
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06/11/2012 05:02:07 PM
nobanjo Junior Member Posts: 1 Joined: 12/25/2007	------------------------- Ed "Try it again"
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