Phasma
Phasma2128
Ran down to Saugatuck Mi from Grand Haven last weekend. Short little trip. We anchored in the harbor rather than getting a slip. Plenty of room and calm well protected water. We anchored in about 10’ of water. The harbor is a river fed harbor so plenty of weeds on a mucky bottom with minimal surface weeds where we anchored. I ran the generator for about 24 hours straight. I decided to leave it running when I dinghied into shore for dinner and drinks. When I returned I noticed very little cooling water coming from the exhaust port and a lot of steam. I immediately shut it off and checked the sea strainer. A couple of weeds were found. I cleared it and restarted. No water was moving and I shut it down again. I let it go until getting back to home marina. Pulling it apart I found weeds and mud had packed the hose from the seacock to the strainer. I blew it all out and all is working well. I was fortunate and avoided disaster this time as it would have most certainly overheated had it not been caught when it was. My question is do any of you leave your generator running when leaving the boat for a few hours?