advice re tinnie

Asking this question for a friend ( I dont know the answer)

He has just bought a second hand tinnie, used it just once and when he got back emptied it of water and got about 1 and a half buckets of water after about 3 hours boating. He looked at the bung/plug (whatever) and noticed that the red washer part was broken, could this be the cause, or if no more gets in just leave it. Alternatively how can you find a leak. He realises being a tinnie he will get water in it, but his wife wont go with him untill he finds out

Thank you

John Macklin

Could be the problem!

To find out, put the bung in,leave it on the trailer and fill the boat with water up to the waterline.

Follow where the drips are coming from.

Cheers,

P (water diviner) :D

Buy a new bung - they're dirt cheap (guess how I know that one).

The leaks could be elsewhere of course - cracks in the ally for one. You can find these by drying the inside, sprinkling power around the inside (unscented unless you want you mates bringing pink bubbly rather than amber bubbly next time you take them fishing :eek: ), and then floating it. You'll soon see were even small leaks are by the powder turning wet.

If the boat has rivets, you might just have to get them retightened. My tinny, when I had it, had the seats riveted in. The previous owner told me that she'd had them tightened to stop leaks. Certainly, the boat didn't leak once I'd replaced the dicky bung.

And there's no need for a tinny to be a wet boat - mine wasn't and she had the low freeboard of a river boat, whereas I used it in the sea ... well, until the water got a bit choppy, then she became a wet boat.

Cheers
Richard

thank you both, he has bought a new bung just in case will give both a try

thanks

And if your gettin wet feet take the bung out once you are going along at a reasonable pace and the water will disappear. Just remember to put it back in before you stop.

DAMHIKT :o

John Macklin said "but his wife wont go with him untill he finds out"

So why does he want it fixed?

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Originally Posted by boban

John Macklin said "but his wife wont go with him untill he finds out"

So why does he want it fixed?

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That's why you are required to carry that bucket. New comers to the sport tend to imagine you use it to get water OUT of the boat but, when cruising back to the dock and the missus is wondering how much fun you had ... :D

Cheers
Richard

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his wife wont go with him untill he finds out

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Tell him he's mad if he fixes it. It's the perfect boat. :D

Dan

John.

Check whether any joints have silicon on them. If they have check for corrosion around the join.

When Silicon became the magic leak-fixer most were ascetic acid cure. Guess what? It can corrode aluminium (why are they called "tinnies" and not "allys") and neutral cure should be used.

If it's a standard welded tinnie, you might want to check along the welds for cracks from knocks and improperly stored trailer carting.

he said he has a pump in the back to get rid of water but did not use it !!!!!!!!
He also cannot drive the car so he relies on his wife to go with him, and she said I dont go untill you fix it, or you make your own meals whichever comes first. Anyway he could not catch a fish even if he was in the fish market :D
When they fish from the bank he gets about 1 and she catches the rest, seems a hopeless situation to me.

thanks for the replies will pass everything on to him

John Macklin

He could just drill a hole in the floor to let the water out.

P
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He could just drill a hole in the floor to let the water out.

P
:D

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Nah, the water runs out much quicker if you turn it upside down. :D

Richard