jwnall
Moderator Emeritus
Went down to the marina yesterday morning to change the oil in the engines. Opened up the hatch on the Gulfstar to access the engines and . . . whoa!! There was a swimming pool down there!
Clearly the bilge pump was not doing its job, or else it was completely overwhelmed. Borrowed a high capacity sump pump from the marina and pumped it out. Ran forever, with water coming out as if from a fire hose. Never knew my boat could hold that much doggoned water. Luckily I am on a river, so no salt water anyway.
Finally got it all out, and looked for leaks. Didn't see any right off the bat, though. But did find that one of the two bilge pumps was not working. Asked the service manager if he could have one of his guys look at the situation, and turned out that the starboard shaft was leaking pretty badly.
So now, need to buy a new bilge pump. The leak has been corrected. I am thinking in terms of a Whale Gulper 320. Any negatives on that? I still have one working bilge pump, by the way. But feel a lot better with two of them.
Clearly the bilge pump was not doing its job, or else it was completely overwhelmed. Borrowed a high capacity sump pump from the marina and pumped it out. Ran forever, with water coming out as if from a fire hose. Never knew my boat could hold that much doggoned water. Luckily I am on a river, so no salt water anyway.
Finally got it all out, and looked for leaks. Didn't see any right off the bat, though. But did find that one of the two bilge pumps was not working. Asked the service manager if he could have one of his guys look at the situation, and turned out that the starboard shaft was leaking pretty badly.
So now, need to buy a new bilge pump. The leak has been corrected. I am thinking in terms of a Whale Gulper 320. Any negatives on that? I still have one working bilge pump, by the way. But feel a lot better with two of them.