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Re: Failure of dripless shaft seal

Posted By: Capt. Dave Kosh
Date: Monday, 27 February 2006, at 10:47 a.m.

In Response To: Re: Failure of dripless shaft seal (Harv)

They had to be pretty complacent and not alert. To me it would be a very noticable occurance. I had it happen to me (Stuffing box came loose) but one of my passangers said "Do you have a rag for the water coming in the self bailing scuppers at the transom ?)All I know is our boats will still float with 2 feet of water in the bilge at the rear.You never seen anybody like me putting on the life jackets first, then a bucket brigade ,then I isolated the problem immediately and fixed it. Boy was I shaking. Bilge pumps clogged but were both running with just a trickle aft. I was anchored at the time so that compounded the situatiuon. So to me I can't imagine how this would have gone unnoticed. I now have a high water bilge alarm. Put one in and they are Cheap!I lost most of my pumps later including a new hyraulic auto pilot pump, washdown pump,AP compass,holding tank macerator pump and later livewell pump. They are all located in dryer locations now. But I fixed it thanks to an alert crew and we went off fishing after that.Probably total complacency since it was a brand new boat and they were in a protected waterway.

I think Vic has some similar stories of other vessels going down with dripless failure.

Dave K

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Sean Burlingham -- Sunday, 26 February 2006, at 4:32 p.m.

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bruce -- Sunday, 26 February 2006, at 7:05 p.m.

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Rocket -- Sunday, 26 February 2006, at 10:48 p.m.

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Rawleigh -- Sunday, 26 February 2006, at 11:04 p.m.

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Harv -- Monday, 27 February 2006, at 12:35 a.m.

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Capt. Dave Kosh -- Monday, 27 February 2006, at 10:47 a.m.

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Bill -- Tuesday, 28 February 2006, at 1:56 p.m.

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Chiles -- Tuesday, 28 February 2006, at 5:32 p.m.

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Carl -- Tuesday, 28 February 2006, at 6:34 p.m.