Nearly sank the LSV this weekend

[smokedog2]

Not my #1 worry but my washing machine hose is metal reinforced. The water line at teh lake is designed to not break even after being frozen. You would think such lines would be available for the boat as well. I might have to look fro that.

[ericnel]

That happened to me a couple of years ago. Went to NAPA and bought a new hose. Took me about five min to replace.

[sicktc06]

Makes me want to go back through and check all my hoses now with a fine tooth comb..

[KSmith]

I had the same hose give me grief this year too. First launch of the season, but mine only slipped off one end so I was able to find the clamp in the bilge and put it back on. That was my miss from de-winterization, I didn't get the clamp tightened enough. As for a shut off valve my boat has one for the freshwater intake it is right above the engine fresh water intake. Had the water not stopped when I'd shut off the engine that would have been my next step.

Like you I also used one of the ballast drain lines to help out the bilge pump which had kicked on. That was my first clue something was not right was the bilge pump kicked on and started dumping water.

It is a scary feeling having that much water being dumped into the boat. This hose seems to be problematic... maybe I need to get a spare and toss in the boat.

Do you have a part # for the hose?

[parrothd]

It's scary the first time, but you're not going to sink.

I installed a new ballast system this year and didn't glue in my fittings so every once in while one of them pops off and floods everything. The first time I was terrified and my bilge wasn't working, water up to the carpet, but I did your same process, disconnected one of the ballast fittings and used it to suck all the water out.

Yesterday I knew one of them popped off again(I need to fix that, 4th or 5th time), I could see the bilge running constantly, I was more annoyed we'd have to stop and re-fill the ballast....

[Wax]

When I saw the title for this thread, I thought you had forgot your drain plug or something really silly.

I've never done that or anything...