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05-11-2015, 21:22
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Location: Marina del Rey, California
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Re: Surveyor Liability
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Originally Posted by Seymore
...It's strict normal practice that when you leave the boat, all the seacocks are to be closed, with the exception of the cockpit drains. The engines' raw water seacocks are to remain closed until you want to use the engines, when you open them...
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In my 72 years of mostly being around boats, living aboard for half my life, and a career as a boat builder, I've never known anyone to do this unless the boat was to be unattended for an extended period.
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05-11-2015, 22:08
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Re: Surveyor Liability
Technically, yes, you could sue them.
Winning is another matter.
Unless it was something incredibly obvious, there is no way it could have gotten worse in the last 18months, the rebuild is incredibly expensive and you are just a glutton for punishment...chalk it up to a mistake on your part and move on.
If you really feel you must do something, ask a lawyer if he will take it on contingency.
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07-11-2015, 18:10
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Location: Noank, Ct. USA
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Re: Surveyor Liability
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Originally Posted by Terra Nova
In my 72 years of mostly being around boats, living aboard for half my life, and a career as a boat builder, I've never known anyone to do this unless the boat was to be unattended for an extended period.
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07-11-2015, 18:26
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Join Date: Sep 2009
Location: Houston
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Re: Surveyor Liability
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Originally Posted by Terra Nova
In my 72 years of mostly being around boats, living aboard for half my life, and a career as a boat builder, I've never known anyone to do this unless the boat was to be unattended for an extended period.
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I don't make it a habit to close the valve either. But I do go out of my way to make sure the vented loop is high enough to disallow flooding the engine by sitting.
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07-11-2015, 19:11
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Join Date: Feb 2014
Location: Niagara Falls
Boat: Westsail 32
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Re: Surveyor Liability
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Originally Posted by Sailmonkey
I don't make it a habit to close the valve either. But I do go out of my way to make sure the vented loop is high enough to disallow flooding the engine by sitting.
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Ah yes, the vented loop on the raw water line. Check the vented loop yearly. Take the cap off and make sure it's clean and working, otherwise it's a matter of time before it'll jam closed and let the raw water siphon into the engine exhaust as I described, like what happened to GeneM.
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14-02-2016, 08:30
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Location: Harbortown - Merritt Island, FL
Boat: 1998 Sealine Statesman 42ft - Twin Cummins 6BTA
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Re: Surveyor Liability
Thanks all! This is to close this post. I didn't pursue a legal remedy and put it in my learning curve box. I'm sure Cummins would say their risers were installed wrong. They angled up so a slug of water would slide back after the engine shut down. The riser was above the waterline, so no need for the suction break or lift muffler.
It was just an insidious intermittent degrading condition . Oh well.
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14-02-2016, 09:23
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Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: North Charleston, SC
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Re: Surveyor Liability
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Originally Posted by Seymore
............ It's strict normal practice that when you leave the boat, all the seacocks are to be closed, .........
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For you, perhaps but not for everyone. Probably not for most people.
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14-02-2016, 09:45
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Location: Skagit City, WA
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Re: Surveyor Liability
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Originally Posted by Terra Nova
In my 72 years of mostly being around boats, living aboard for half my life, and a career as a boat builder, I've never known anyone to do this unless the boat was to be unattended for an extended period.
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Ditto.
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