[C320-list] Fragile water lines

[Larry Frank]

Jack,

Sorry to hear of all your new boat's problems.  Look at it on the bright
side, you will really know the boat well after all the repairs are done.
I had the same problem with a broken water line in what sounds like the
same location.  Mine was split along the axis of the line.

Larry
WindSwept C320 #246

On 10/22/18, 8:06 PM, "Jack Brennan" <jackbrennan at bellsouth.net> wrote:

>Hello all:
>
>So the installation of my new Cold Machine (not only cold beer, but ice!)
>had some unintended consequences.
>
>Today, while I was rebuilding the head, I noticed the bilge filling up
>with fresh water whenever I turned on the freshwater pump. It turns out I
>fractured the cold water PEX line while tugging the copper tubing through
>the channel. (The water lines and fridge tubes are close together.)
>
>When I gently tugged on the blue water line, an entire section of the
>water line came out. It was so brittle after 20 years that I could snap
>it with two fingers.
>
>Is this a thing with our water lines, or was this water line just poorly
>manufactured? I handled lines for the sink and head while doing another
>job, and they seemed fine. Should all of us be replacing the water lines?
>
>The head rebuild is another chapter of my growing repertoire of stories
>about the p.o. I thought it was a bad joker valve and decided to replace
>everything. It turns out the hose between the head and the holding tank
>was clogged solid.
>
>I mean really solid. As in someone seems to have put cement into the
>head. After I removed the hose and whacked it onto the parking lot, some
>cement-like chunks fell out. I suppose it could have been an accident,
>but ...
>
>It¹s a long story, but the boat was repossessed by a bank before I bought
>it. There have been all sorts of odd problems. Slashed scupper hoses.
>Wrong transmission fluid. Diesel in the bilge. Halyard wrap
>on the jib. Leak in the propane setup.  Sand in the water lines.
>
>It kind of makes me think the p.o. was unhappy about losing the boat.
>
>Jack Brennan
>Sonas, 1998 Catalina 320
>Tierra Verde, Fl.
>Dolphin Cruising Club of Tampa Bay
>
>
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