Near-disaster averted - I'll sleep well tonight!
24 October 2022 · 4 min · 228 views · Berkeley Marine Center
What this video covers
Water flooded the cabin during an attempt to service the head pump after the boat sat unused for two years.2:23 The inlet pipe continued to flow despite the belief that all seacocks were closed.0:47 A wooden bung successfully stemmed the inflow while the source of the leak was investigated.0:33 Inspection of the seacocks revealed that the toilet inlet and basin outlet had been mislabelled; the yellow-striped sanitation hose was mistakenly identified as the basin outlet, leaving the actual toilet inlet open.1:39 Closing the correct seacock stopped the flooding.1:55 The incident highlights the necessity of verifying seacock labels before performing plumbing maintenance.
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