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[Amel Yacht Owners] Sea water chest
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Bill & Judy Rouse <yahoogroups@...>
Ron, There is another tool that I made for cleaning lines. Have a rigger make it for you. Use 1 meter of 6mm rigging wire. Have one end blunted and welded so that it will not unravel. At the other end have him use a rigging wire sleeve clamped about 20mm from the bitter end. Splay the wires between the sleeve and the end. Insert the welded end in an electric drill. Push the splayed end into the pipe while rotating with the drill. This probably will not turn 90 degrees without some help, but if it does, you have a solution. You can also use it to push out plastic from inside the boat by using the blunt welded end. This photo may help you: https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/amelyachtowners/photos/albums/1208267126/lightbox/1783391874?orderBy=ordinal&sortOrder=asc&photoFilter=ALL#zax/1783391874 Best, Bill X-BeBe
On Mon, Apr 3, 2017 at 3:51 AM, Ron Hynes riffhynes@... [amelyachtowners] <amelyachtowners@...> wrote:
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Ron Hynes <riffhynes@...>
Back in April you were kind enough to send me your design for a snake to clean the path from the sea to my sea chest on my 1976 Meltem. At that time, I took the better part of an entire day to disassemble everything from the sea cock up. Big, tough job...I barely fit between the 1st and 2d step under the companionway! I cleaned out lots of spaghetti-like marine growth. The next day, I dived and ran a flexible auger in and around as much as I could to clean the area outside the ball valve. Afterwards, engine had plenty of cooling water and none of the other users were shortchanged. A success! So 4 months later on a trip from Gibraltar to the Canaries, I noticed the engine temp rising and not high enough water in the sea chest to feed the frig compressor. To tough to turn back to Gib after 12 hours and 500 nm to the Canaries! I reversed the frig pump pulling raw sea water in through the cockpit scupper and exhausted the compressor water into the sea chest. I was able to run almost at cruising R.E.M.'s without overheating. Today in Lanzarote I made up the "tool" you suggested back in April. I needed more than 1 meter as the tortuous path on the old Meltem is on the order of 1.5 meters. I made a hole in the top of the sea chest cover so that I could open the sea cock and hopefully clean the entire pathway. I managed to work the tool down and out of the sea cock. As I was twisting and turning, always counterclockwise so that the wire didn't unbraiding, the wire started kinking. So I'm thinking of getting a plumber's snake or something stiffer. Got any ideas. I'm somewhat limited here as the hardware stores have limited selections. I'm heartened by the fact that I can navigate the 1.5M with all the right angle bends...I just need something stiffer that I can mount a wire brush on the end. Any thoughts would be much appreciated. My thoughts are with you folks in SE Texas. As a resident of Florida, I know how trying a time it is. In 2005-6, we had 7 hurricanes and the last, Wilma, nearly got me and my boat! Keep the faith, you always come out better on the other side. Ron Hynes 954.319.0944
On Apr 3, 2017, at 2:28 PM, 'Bill & Judy Rouse' yahoogroups@... [amelyachtowners] <amelyachtowners@...> wrote:
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Bill & Judy Rouse <yahoogroups@...>
Ron, I assume that you were questioning me. I have never been on a Meltem, nor do I know the plumbing of the sea chest on the Meltem. Best, CW Bill Rouse Admiral, Texas Navy Commander Emeritus Amel School http://www.amelschool. 720 Winnie St Galveston Island, TX 77550 +1(832) 380-4970
On Wed, Aug 30, 2017 at 8:55 AM, Ron Hynes riffhynes@... [amelyachtowners] <amelyachtowners@...> wrote:
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