Cinderella update:: So this is the mess behind my boat keeping them from pullin…
Cinderella update:: So this is the mess behind my boat keeping them from pulling her off the marsh. She’s beached with her nose up on land and her stern mostly in the water at high tide. She has some water leaks, a cracked seal around the exhaust and some boards loose on the bottom. But we’ve got…
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so sorry for you…If i was close I would help. such a wonderful boat
If there’s a way we can help, let us know. you are not that far away for some of us.
I had a high water situation with a boat once. The water came up and the boat drifted over a stump and when the water went back down, the boat was impaled on the stump. The boat was a 36′ Trojan. Dewatering and refloating the boat didn’t get it off the stump and it was too far away from shore to get a crane on it. It was a mess.
Can you slip a tarp under/around the part that gets wet at low tide?
There’s really no way to patch from the inside due to the pressure. Pool patches might work from the outside. Get them at a pool supply store. they have adhesive that works under water and should work long enough to get you through this until the leaks can be sealed properly. http://www.acehardware.com/product/index.jsp?productId=3065331&cid=CAPLA:B:Shopping_-_Catch_All&bingpla=bingpla_4623632&k_clickid=e4fcd25c-98ff-46f0-a671-d3f654f26c8c
hers’s another alternative….polysulfide caulking…works under water too. http://www.westmarine.com/buy/boatlife–life-calk-sealant–P004_127_003_003
Even a roof patching tar and oakum or batten just till you get her on the hard to check out the damage, make sure you have a gas water pump just incase you electric pumps cannot keep up once she is floating. Schedule the haul out same day you float and tow. I’m in Vancouver Canada otherwise I would assist.
I share your pain. If you can float it. Keep your batteries charged and the bilge pump running until you can get it out of the water.
You must patch temporary from the outside. I have seen inner tube rubber used and adhesive or nails until you can move her … With your pump going you should be able to get her to the marina slings or large barge…