Kai Nui, & SkiprJohn,
Thanks for the replies.
JohnL, I also have a Cascade 42, now a 44 added the stern scoup. 1980 vintage with an old faithful Faryman 34HP
Diesel. Was heading up to the San Juans early Sept. but ran into some problems with my seawater
pump. Heading out the
Columbia at CR and caught a 30lb Salmon then headed out to pick up some Albacore Tuna before heading north. 1 Salmon and 2 Tuna. About the time I was setting out the tuna jigs and taking a picture of my wife at the
helm heading into the sunset, notice no
water coming out of the
exhaust... shut her down and was heading for the
engine when I had to stop and pull in the first tuna. While working on the
engine hooked into another tuna but let it drag until I could complete the
repair.
Pully came loose and was sitting in the
bilge. As luck would have it, the tool box didn't have the metric allen wrenches as they were left at home. Jurry rigged it and headed north. At 1am while sleeping on the
cabin sole I woke to a start.
Cabin full of smoke, shut down the engine and popped out onto the
cockpit scarring the hell out of my wife. Smoke billowing out. Engine overheated and I destroyed the seawater
pump. Put up the
sails and headed back to Astoria.
Replaced the pump after 3 days and we decided to take a gunk holing trip back up the
Columbia.
The straw that broke the camel's back was on the second day up the river, no
wind, motoring along and the
Hurth transmission decides to permantly slip. Oh well, call a buddy from home to come give us a tow. While side tied heading back to port, river level at -2ft, both
boats combined weighing 17tons, we struck a deadhead in the river 1 mile from port.
Arrived home around 10pm, tied her up, was invited to the neighbors for Pizza. Not seeing any
water coming in, we took them up on the Pizza. One hour later, return to the slip and the
boat looks a little low in the water. Upon entry into the main
salon, wala, I'm up to my waist in river water. So, as we are pulling everything off and running a 2"
electric pump to get the water out, my wife says, "you know every time we are on this
boat all I ever get to see of you is your hind end because you always have your
head down in the engine compartment." Then she adds, " I don't know what you are planning on doing this weekend, but I'm going to the
Seattle fall
boat show."
Needless to say, the Cascade is
on the hard and I now have two 40+ foot
boats.
Hope you enjoy the story.
Gemini - also JohnL