Simi 60
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- Jul 1, 2016
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- Australia
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- Milkraft 60 converted timber prawn trawler
21 hours into a 24 hour passage and I notice black dust coming off raw water cooling pump belt.
Shut down, wipe clean,visually check pump and all appears ok.
Belt seemed slightly loose so gave it some crank and we are underway again.
Checked 20 minutes later and more dust so an alignment issue but it all seemed to be running straight.
Checked again later and the belt has the wobbles and there were clicking noises - bearings are shot in pump.
No spare so figured no option but to plug on and hopefully get to our destination before the pump went terminal.
Tense couple of hours with one eye watching the pump with ER camera and temp gauge with other but we dropped anchor at 11pm after a full 24 hours.
No water leaks but now the pulley was visually askew.
Next morning move boat to a better position as we'll be out of action for a few days and after that 500 metre move the pump is now leaking.
Shut down sea cock, remove pump and google madly.
I can get a new pump - jabsco 7420-1001air freighted from the US for $700 aud
Jabsco direct in Oz are $1300.
I call a local marine engineer and they'll be $1000 for new and $700 for rebuild with 2 day turnaround on a rebuild.
Parts will cost me several hundred alone and even then a bearing replacement may be out of my skill set with limited facilities onboard.
Pump is on this afternoons ferry back to the mainland for rebuild and am contemplating a backup plan for if/when it happens again.
B.O.A.T.
Bring out another thousand.
Shut down, wipe clean,visually check pump and all appears ok.
Belt seemed slightly loose so gave it some crank and we are underway again.
Checked 20 minutes later and more dust so an alignment issue but it all seemed to be running straight.
Checked again later and the belt has the wobbles and there were clicking noises - bearings are shot in pump.
No spare so figured no option but to plug on and hopefully get to our destination before the pump went terminal.
Tense couple of hours with one eye watching the pump with ER camera and temp gauge with other but we dropped anchor at 11pm after a full 24 hours.
No water leaks but now the pulley was visually askew.
Next morning move boat to a better position as we'll be out of action for a few days and after that 500 metre move the pump is now leaking.
Shut down sea cock, remove pump and google madly.
I can get a new pump - jabsco 7420-1001air freighted from the US for $700 aud
Jabsco direct in Oz are $1300.
I call a local marine engineer and they'll be $1000 for new and $700 for rebuild with 2 day turnaround on a rebuild.
Parts will cost me several hundred alone and even then a bearing replacement may be out of my skill set with limited facilities onboard.
Pump is on this afternoons ferry back to the mainland for rebuild and am contemplating a backup plan for if/when it happens again.
B.O.A.T.
Bring out another thousand.