TUESDAY, MAY 1, 1979
WHEN MOTOR BOATS AND RUNABOUTS ARE MOORED CLOSE ENOUGH TO TOUCH ONE ANOTHER DURING WINDY CONDITIONS, HE SAID THEY SHOULD BE DRAWN TOGETHER AND SECURED WITH FORE AND AFT SPRINGS AND BREASTLINES WITH ADEQUATE FENDER ING BETWEEN THEM.
ON DANGERS OF SWAMPING, THE SPOKESMAN SAID, +SUBMERSIBLE TYPE BILGE PUMPS ARE OFTEN FITTED WITH THE DISCHARGE PIPE A FEW INCHES ABOVE THE WATERLINE. THESE PUMPS ARE OF THE CENTRIFUGAL TYPE WITHOUT VALVES. REMEMBER THAT IF THE DISCHARGE PIPE BECOMES IMMERSED, WATER WILL FLOW INTO THE BOAT THROUGH THE PIPE AND PUMP.
+ IT IS ADVISABLE TO FIT AUTOMATIC BILGE PUMPS TO BOATS VULNERABLE TO THE ENTRY OF RAIN WATER. FLOAT SWITCHES ARE REASONABLY PRICED AND CAN BE FITTED TO ELECTRIC BILGE PUMPS.
+JUNKS ARE PARTICULARLY VULNERABLE BECAUSE THE IR LARGE DECK COLLECTS WATER WHICH USUALLY FINDS ITS WAY BELOW VIA THE FLUSH ENGINE HATCH. MAKE SURE THE HATCH IS SEALED AND THAT RAIN WATER CAN DRAIN OVERSIDE.+
HE SAID BOATS SHOULD BE ADEQUATELY COVERED TO PREVENT SWAMPING BY RAIN WATER AND TEMPORARY AWNINGS SHOULD BE REMOVED TO REDUCE WINDAGE.
+PERMANENT WOODEN AWNINGS ARE OFTEN VULNERABLE BECAUSE THE WIND CAN GET UNDER THEM AND RIP THE WHOLE STRUCTURE OFF INCLUDING PARTS OF THE CABIN SUPERSTRUCTURE,+ THE SPOKESMAN WARNED.
TO PREVENT THIS, THE FOLLOWING MEASURES SHOULD BE TAKEN:
* COVERS SHOULD BE SECURED BY MEANS OF OVERALL ROPE
LASHINGS, EITHER TO OR UNDER THE HULL, AND
* HINGED CABIN WINDOWS AND HATCH COVERS, WHICH CAN BE
BLOWN OR SUCKED OPEN, SHOULD BE LASHED IF THE SECURING DEVICES ARE AT ALL SUSPECT.
+RUDDERS ARE SUBJECT TO LARGE FORCES WHEN A BOAT IS YAWING TO A SINGLE MOORING. FITTINGS SHOULD BE CHECKED AT REGULAR INTERVALS, PARTICULARLY ON JUNKS FITTED WITH EXTERNAL QUADRANTS,+ THE SPOKESMAN SAID.
ALL OPENINGS, HE SAID, SHOULD BE SECURELY CLOSED AND BATTENED DOWN AND THAT LEAKING HATCHES CAN BE SEALED WITH WATERPROOF TAPE.
THE SPOKESMAN ADDED THAT SMALL BOATS AND TENDERS SHOULD NOT BE LEFT HANGING FROM DAVITS AT THE STERN OF LARGER CRAFT
THEY SHOULD BE SECURED TO THE DECK OF THE PARENT CRAFT OR TAKEN ASHORE.
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