[C320-list] Running engine with seacock off?

[Allan Field]

Wherever I have the engine seacock closed, I leave the engine key next to
the seacock. Great memory aid!

Allan S. Field
Sea Shadow - C387, #103 (formerly C320, #808)
Columbia, MD

On Mon, Aug 3, 2020 at 4:20 PM Michael Ferguson <coralman at bellsouth.net>
wrote:

> I would check the raw water impeller blades. MichaelNauti Clew 169
>
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>   On Mon, Aug 3, 2020 at 3:19 PM, Graeme Clark<cg at skyflyer.co.uk> wrote:
>  Oops
> Finally did it
> Started the engine and let it idle for a few minutes then slipped my lines
> and gently motored off
> Suddenly realised I hadn’t turned on the seawater cooling seacock
> Turned it on. Water coming out of exhaust. No external signs of damage to
> exhaust hose or water muffler
> But will there be internal damage?
> Am I risking sudden hose rupture for example?
> As I recall it’s nigh on impossible to remove hoses without damaging them
> Ideas?
> Graeme
> #366
> 1996
> Falmouth
> England
>
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