We got tied up to the dock in the marina yesterday and then Bob ran the bilge pump. The bilge pump is a pump in the very bottom of the hull. Every now and then he runs it to see if there has been any water accumulating in the bottom. One way the water may enter the hull is from the spot where the propellor sticks thru to the outside. There is "packing" stuff around it, but it is natural for a very small amount of water to leak in at that spot. Yesterday, however, gallons & gallons were pumped out. So tonight he ran it again. Once again the pump pumped water, pumped water, and pumped water. So he went about looking around and found water spouting in like "Old Faithful".
The video shows the leak right under the upper piece of red hose. The water is spouting vertically and most of what shows up in the video is the shadow from the stream of water. The stream is only about 1/8th inch in diameter, but it is pretty constant. You can hear the bilge pump running.
To temporarily, seal the hole, Bob screwed a screw into the hole. One big question, maybe never to be answered is, "how did that happen?"
We'll see about having the marina pull the boat out tomorrow for inspection and repair. We will most likely sleep restlessly tonight. Another "Yikes".
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This is gonna be very interesting. Hope to see pics of heron when she is in dry dock. Marc
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