Sunken Outboards or Saga of the Wayward Skiff continued...

bcooke · Post by **bcooke** » Tue Jul 12, 2005 4:58 pm

Just to continue the saga of my wayward aluminum skiff...

bcooke · Post by **bcooke** » Tue Jul 12, 2005 5:01 pm

The library computer is giving me some headaches... I thought a little punishment would solve my problems with the skiff so I left it on the dock where it dries out at low tide and it has to sit in the mud.

bcooke · Post by **bcooke** » Tue Jul 12, 2005 5:02 pm

Oh never mind. My skiff sunk taking my new outboard with it.

bcooke · Post by **bcooke** » Tue Jul 12, 2005 5:03 pm

If it wanted to hurt itself I couldn't care less at this point but it also took my Honda outboard with 15 total running hours to the bottom as well.

bcooke · Post by **bcooke** » Tue Jul 12, 2005 5:03 pm

I was planning on using one more time for a supply run before my three day trial sail when I found it on the bottom.

bcooke · Post by **bcooke** » Tue Jul 12, 2005 5:04 pm

I wouldn't be put off sailing so I dropped the motor in a 55 gallon drum filled with fresh water (the motor was completely waterlogged) and left it.

bcooke · Post by **bcooke** » Tue Jul 12, 2005 5:04 pm

Now I need to deal with it. Any thoughts about ressurecting a sunken outboard?

bcooke · Post by **bcooke** » Tue Jul 12, 2005 5:05 pm

I was thinking I would flush it with alcohol/carb cleaner, then a couple of flushings with the proper fluids, then some Marvel Mystery Oil, then run around the Bay for a couple of hours and let the motor cook out the remaining moisture.

bcooke · Post by **bcooke** » Tue Jul 12, 2005 5:05 pm

Any thoughts?

-Britton

Hehe, no stinking library computer is going to fool me...

bcooke · Post by **bcooke** » Tue Jul 12, 2005 5:07 pm

Not bad for the thread count either... I noticed there is a new and higher level beyond "Candidate". Here I come...

Post by **Tim** » Tue Jul 12, 2005 5:53 pm

Geez, that's a sneaky way to get a new rank on the forum! What's the deal with the library? If you're limited to one sentence at a time, it must be really tough to write a novel from there.

On the outboard, I assume that you'll remove the plugs first and spin out any water in the cylinders with the pull cord. Then, I'd say your proposed method sounds fine. The motor will probably be fine. Just keep it submerged till you're ready to work on it.

What a drag!

bcooke · Post by **bcooke** » Wed Jul 13, 2005 9:52 am

Today the library computer is favoring me. Weird...

My whole world is falling apart in these last days before I slip my mooring line for the summer. Finances are crashing, I own the only pickup in the family and my mother just has to move this week (I bet Mike understands even better than me), the skiff sunk, the truck broke,

...and my laminated tiller (not my design, it came with the boat) decided to de-laminate along virtually every lamination on the three day test sail... I had to put several seizings on it to hold it together. Somehow sanding off the peeling varnish and adding several coats of oil compromised the glue. So today I build a tiller. It probably won't be as fancy as the Tim/Nathan design. My cruise date gets pushed back again and again...

It is always this way before the big break-through. It means the ordeal is almost over. At least that is what I tell myself.

-Britton