View Single Post
Old 28th April 2019, 16:16   #11
coolcat
This is my second home
 
coolcat's Avatar
 
Audi Q3 TDI S-Line Quattro

Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: Clacton On Sea/On the boat somewhere
Posts: 51,166
Thanks: 9,890
Thanked 12,235 Times in 8,232 Posts
Default

Quote:
Originally Posted by roverbarmy View Post
My uncle had those in his boat in Chesapeake Bay in the States. His boat had originally been sunk (prior to his ownership) by hitting a semi submerged telegraph pole that had been dumped in the bay (they cost a fortune to dispose of in USA due to tars and creosotes in the wood). He salvaged the boat by a combination of inflating inner tubes inside the flooded cabin and pumping, after fitting a plywood and rubber patch to the hole. The boat was towed home and hoisted out of the water. The Pentas were stripped and found to be fine. The boat gave him years of service afterwards.
That's sort of reassuring to know
__________________
Jeff.
coolcat is online now   Reply With Quote