Sink, swim, or fix it.

Yesterday was the big day. Kadizzle launched The Sovereign, not without a few problems.  As the ship chugged away from the trailer something seemed amiss.  Looking below water was filling the ship. Not that much really, but it seemed Kadizzle had forgotten to reconnect the intake hose to the engine water.  Quickly Kadizzle shoved the hose into position and the problem was solved.  Now, off to launch a few more ships for friends.

As Kadizzle was parking the last of the trailers, The Commander called on the phone in full panic mode, again the ship was taking on water.  According to The Commander it was a dire situation.  Water was almost up to the floorboards.  A good rinse early in the season always gets the dust out, and move the dirt from the hard to reach places.  Well this time it was essentially a different version of the same problem.  The line to the wash down pump was not connected.  This managed to put about fifty gallons in the hold.  No big problem, but The Commanders reaction made it seem like the Titanic was going down.  This time it was just a matter of shutting the sea cock and making some minor repairs.  There was one good outcome from all the simple mindedness.  The manual sump pump got a good work out.  It turns out the manual sump pump needs some attention. Of course this is not to mention the electric sump pump did not work.  The moral of the story is to do your sinking close to the dock.  Today we will return to the boat.  If it is still above water it will be a victory.  If there is just a mast sticking out of the water at the slip, we must have missed something else.