Water, Water, Everywhere!

The fresh water pump aboard Delta Blue appears to be dead and since there's a back-up pressure system by which one can connect a hose, turn a few gate valves on or off, and have the boat on city water, I decided to give it a try.

Split copper water pipe

  I had my friend Tim along to give a hand ( do all the work! ) On arrival at the yard, I found that the hose that I'd installed the previous day, had been cut off about three inches from the deck fitting and used to siphon gas from both the Seacamper and a couple of vehicles that were stored nearby.
I drove up to the local hardware store and bought another hose and after reconnecting it all, I turned on the water. Tim was onboard and I was in the bowels of the old storage building alongside the boat.
I was pleased when Tim announced that the water was indeed flowing from the galley taps, however that glee abated almost immediately, when he yelled out that it was also flowing from underneath the galley counter and out onto the carpeted cabin floors. Water began forming a deepening pool near the aft cabin step.
Clearly, all was not as it should be and I could see that measures would need to be taken ( probably large, rapid steps, in the opposite direction, but I'm dense that way and not too quick to learn by mistakes )
Besides, it was nearing "Happy Hour" and I could see little that was amusing about our present situation. I DO know when it's time to "cut and run" to the closest bar! This was obviously one of those times.
A burst copper pipe turned out to be the culprit....more on that in the next post!