[C320-list] Raw Water Strainer

[mike.lachance at comcast.net]

that's a great trick, especialy when water temp is 39 degrees! thanks!
Mike LaChance

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From: "R Airis" <rairis at comcast.net> 

> I clean the strainer every few days on long trips on windless days here on 
> Puget Sound. One day as we crossed the Striaghts of Georgia in Canada the 
> over heat alarm went off. I checked the strainer & it was clean. I took the 
> glass off & opened the sea cock. No water flow! I took the dingy air pump 
> and blew air out thru the hose I took off the strainer and it blew out 
> whatever was blocking the intake. A couple of rum & cokes later my heart 
> rate was back to normal. 
> 
> Bob & Sheila 
> Hale Kai 2..........#266 
> 
>