Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site biomed.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!decvax!genrad!panda!talcott!wjh12!biomed!lagasse From: lagasse@biomed.UUCP (Robert C. Lagasse) Newsgroups: net.rec.boat Subject: "s e l f b a i l i n g " Message-ID: <87@biomed.UUCP> Date: Wed, 10-Jul-85 15:27:30 EDT Article-I.D.: biomed.87 Posted: Wed Jul 10 15:27:30 1985 Date-Received: Tue, 16-Jul-85 07:16:01 EDT Organization: Mass. Gen. Hosp. - Dept. Biomed. Engineering Lines: 29 I don't want to start an arguement, but, what do you think is the TRUE meaning of a self- bailing cockpit or bilge?? Does it mean: A). If I pull out the drain plugs on my 18 foot sailboat or powerboat or whatever, the cockpit will fill with water to a certain level, and , once the water level equalizes , and the freeboard is hopefully not compromised too much (it should not be if the boat is of decent construction; the boat should only sit in the water a couple of inches lower), all water flow should stop. Now, if I add one gallon of water to the inside of the boat, one gallon of water should flow out of the drain plugs into the sea. And, if I pull out the plugs at the end of a weekend, and leave the boat at a mooring for a week, and during the week, it rains, the same number of rainwater gallons that enter the boat should also come out the drain plugs. Hence, the term self-bailing. ---------- O R ---------- B). If the boat fills with water for whatever reason ( 10 wet waterskiers climb aboard, or, 369 bluefish puke-up water into my bilge) , I just start the engine, or raise the sails, get going at a good clip, and pull the drain plugs. Whatever water is in the bilge will be sucked into the ocean by the magic of suction. Well, which is it?? (I hope this does not end up in net.flame) Bobby L @ MGH