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Jim Fidler

Wed, Feb 4, 2004 5:35 PM

Assuming one has a choice, is it best to mount raw water strainers above or
below the water line?

Thanks

Jim Fidler "Fiddlesticks"

Assuming one has a choice, is it best to mount raw water strainers above or below the water line? Thanks Jim Fidler "Fiddlesticks"

GW

Glenn Williams

Wed, Feb 4, 2004 8:43 PM

Assuming one has a choice, is it best to mount raw water strainers above

or

below the water line?

Hi Jim

A good method (if you can do it ) is to mount the raw water strainer so that
the level in at the top of the strainer is at, orjust above water level.
This enables you to clean the filter whilst underway without sinking the
boat!
Cheers
Glenn.

> Assuming one has a choice, is it best to mount raw water strainers above or > below the water line? > Hi Jim A good method (if you can do it ) is to mount the raw water strainer so that the level in at the top of the strainer is at, orjust above water level. This enables you to clean the filter whilst underway without sinking the boat! Cheers Glenn. >

MM

m/v MOJO

Thu, Feb 5, 2004 1:49 AM

Assuming one has a choice, is it best to mount raw water strainers above

or

below the water line?

I've had very good luck mounting them such that the top of the strainer is
about 3" above the waterline when the boat is sitting on her lines in calm
water. This gives you the ability to open the strainer, remove the basket
and clean it without worrying about getting a lot of water in the bilge... I
still shut off the raw water intake via a ball valve, but with the top of
the strainer above the w/l you don't have to worry about the contents
spilling into the bilge when opened... Of course, we have a steel boat with
powder dry bilges (and we intend to keep them that way!).

Ray B.
m/v MOJO

> Assuming one has a choice, is it best to mount raw water strainers above or > below the water line? > I've had very good luck mounting them such that the top of the strainer is about 3" above the waterline when the boat is sitting on her lines in calm water. This gives you the ability to open the strainer, remove the basket and clean it without worrying about getting a lot of water in the bilge... I still shut off the raw water intake via a ball valve, but with the top of the strainer above the w/l you don't have to worry about the contents spilling into the bilge when opened... Of course, we have a steel boat with powder dry bilges (and we intend to keep them that way!). Ray B. m/v MOJO

KB

Kim Boyce and Eric Thoman

Thu, Feb 5, 2004 5:27 AM

Assuming one has a choice, is it best to mount raw water strainers
above

or

below the water line?

I have done both. I prefer below the water line, as others have said,
so that you do not need to worry about air intake. However, not all
water strainers are rated for below the water line usage. I would be
hesitant to put one of the clear plastic strainers below the water line
no matter what they said. The Vetus plastic strainers say not to mount
below the water line.

Have fun. Stay dry.

Eric Thoman
Abyssinia

> Assuming one has a choice, is it best to mount raw water strainers > above or > below the water line? > I have done both. I prefer below the water line, as others have said, so that you do not need to worry about air intake. However, not all water strainers are rated for below the water line usage. I would be hesitant to put one of the clear plastic strainers below the water line no matter what they said. The Vetus plastic strainers say not to mount below the water line. Have fun. Stay dry. Eric Thoman Abyssinia

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Keith

Thu, Feb 5, 2004 11:47 AM

Hehe! Three rules of boating:

Keep the boat in the water.
Keep the water out of the boat.
Keep the people out of the water.

Keith
__
If you look like your passport picture, you probably need the trip.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Kim Boyce and Eric Thoman" kimeric@seanet.com

Have fun. Stay dry.

Eric Thoman
Abyssinia

Hehe! Three rules of boating: Keep the boat in the water. Keep the water out of the boat. Keep the people out of the water. Keith __ If you look like your passport picture, you probably need the trip. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kim Boyce and Eric Thoman" <kimeric@seanet.com> > > Have fun. Stay dry. > > Eric Thoman > Abyssinia

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Charles Culotta

Thu, Feb 5, 2004 3:47 PM

Hehe! Three rules of boating:

Keep the boat in the water.
Keep the water out of the boat.
Keep the people out of the water.

Keith,

The following is in an article that I penned for our USPS newsletter:
( slightly altered from the original unknown author(s) )

Turn to the right...
Stay to the right...
Give way to the right...
Big is right.

Which compliments the 4-imperatives of safe boating...

Keep the people in the boat...
Keep the boat in the water...
Keep the water out of the boat.
Keep your ship together.

> Hehe! Three rules of boating: > > Keep the boat in the water. > Keep the water out of the boat. > Keep the people out of the water. Keith, The following is in an article that I penned for our USPS newsletter: ( slightly altered from the original unknown author(s) ) Turn to the right... Stay to the right... Give way to the right... Big is right. Which compliments the 4-imperatives of safe boating... Keep the people in the boat... Keep the boat in the water... Keep the water out of the boat. Keep your ship together.

JA

James Ague

Thu, Feb 5, 2004 4:34 PM

Hehe! Three rules of boating:

Keep the boat in the water.
Keep the water out of the boat.
Keep the people out of the water.

We have just one rule: "Don't hit anything!". Don;t hit the dock, don;t hit
the shore, don't hit the bottom while moving, don't hit the bottom while
sinking, don't hit anything floating, ...

-- Jim

Jim & Rita Ague
M/V Derreen, Monk 36

Hehe! Three rules of boating: Keep the boat in the water. Keep the water out of the boat. Keep the people out of the water. We have just one rule: "Don't hit anything!". Don;t hit the dock, don;t hit the shore, don't hit the bottom while moving, don't hit the bottom while sinking, don't hit anything floating, ... -- Jim ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Jim & Rita Ague M/V Derreen, Monk 36 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

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Charles Culotta

Thu, Feb 5, 2004 6:54 PM

We have just one rule: "Don't hit anything!". Don;t hit the dock, don;t

hit

the shore, don't hit the bottom while moving, don't hit the bottom while
sinking, don't hit anything floating, ...

Jim,

I forgot one.
Years ago an old Oil Patch boat Captain told me:

"It's up to YOU to maintain the separation between the bottom of your boat
and the bottom of the Gulf".

On another topic a " Cajun" friend of mine has reduced to writing some of
the old stories told to him by his Parents and Grandparents who were raised
in the swamp. We have posted one on our web site, Click on ' Cajun
Culture".

Also new is the account of a recent trip that we made up the Red and
Atchafalaya rivers in Louisiana to the end of navigation.

CCC
M/V CC RIDER
CHARLES C. and PAT CULOTTA, Jr.
Patterson, La.
http://www.geocities.com/charlesculotta/

> We have just one rule: "Don't hit anything!". Don;t hit the dock, don;t hit > the shore, don't hit the bottom while moving, don't hit the bottom while > sinking, don't hit anything floating, ... > Jim, I forgot one. Years ago an old Oil Patch boat Captain told me: "It's up to YOU to maintain the separation between the bottom of your boat and the bottom of the Gulf". On another topic a " Cajun" friend of mine has reduced to writing some of the old stories told to him by his Parents and Grandparents who were raised in the swamp. We have posted one on our web site, Click on ' Cajun Culture". Also new is the account of a recent trip that we made up the Red and Atchafalaya rivers in Louisiana to the end of navigation. CCC M/V CC RIDER CHARLES C. and PAT CULOTTA, Jr. Patterson, La. http://www.geocities.com/charlesculotta/

BH

Brent Hodges

Thu, Feb 5, 2004 7:53 PM

Charles wrote:

Also new is the account of a recent trip that we made up the Red and
Atchafalaya rivers in Louisiana to the end of navigation.

Hi Charles,
I heard at one time last year that you were planning a trip up the rivers
ending up near Tulsa, Okla. Are you still planning on that or did you do
this trip instead? If so, what route were / are you taking from your area to
there?

Brent Hodges
Seabrook, Tx / Ardmore, Okla.

Charles wrote: > Also new is the account of a recent trip that we made up the Red and > Atchafalaya rivers in Louisiana to the end of navigation. Hi Charles, I heard at one time last year that you were planning a trip up the rivers ending up near Tulsa, Okla. Are you still planning on that or did you do this trip instead? If so, what route were / are you taking from your area to there? Brent Hodges Seabrook, Tx / Ardmore, Okla.

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