city water inlet

rooferdave · Post by **rooferdave** » Sun Jun 24, 2012 9:43 am

when my boat was taken apart earier this year (by an employee, fired him for it) the connection for the city water was removed, kids are not impressed. The reasoning was he figured the inlet through the floor at the back was a poor idea, and I should buy a new fitting with a 90 on it to allow to cut a hole through the back of the boat so the hose does not go over the sides.

thoughts?

alexander38 · Post by **alexander38** » Sun Jun 24, 2012 9:50 am

Dave, Mine goes thru the stern just above the swim platform and the hose is out of the way . I like there...

prowlersfish · Post by **prowlersfish** » Sun Jun 24, 2012 9:55 am

Why not put it back like it was ?

rooferdave · Post by **rooferdave** » Sun Jun 24, 2012 10:01 am

prowlersfish wrote:Why not put it back like it was ?

their suggestion was it was not cool to have the hose running over the gunnales

rossjo · Post by **rossjo** » Sun Jun 24, 2012 3:37 pm

Do you all use city water pressure in your boats at the dock?

kevinz · Post by **kevinz** » Sun Jun 24, 2012 5:01 pm

I have never used my shore water hook up. When we go to a marina for a long week-end, I use the boat potable tank and fill as needed.

k9th · Post by **k9th** » Sun Jun 24, 2012 5:32 pm

My tri-cabin has the shore water inlet on top of the aft deck very close to the port side fuel fill inlet and right next to the water inlet for the fresh water tanks. I wish it were down where Tony described. My hose has to run on the back walking surface or hang over the stern which I don't like. I have thought about moving it but decided the amount of work was not justified so I just tolerate it.

alexander38 · Post by **alexander38** » Sun Jun 24, 2012 6:49 pm

kevinz wrote:I have never used my shore water hook up. When we go to a marina for a long week-end, I use the boat potable tank and fill as needed.

I don't use mine much, read to many a good boat has gone down due to failures in piping..

k9th · Post by **k9th** » Sun Jun 24, 2012 7:25 pm

alexander38 wrote:
kevinz wrote:I have never used my shore water hook up. When we go to a marina for a long week-end, I use the boat potable tank and fill as needed.
I don't use mine much, read to many a good boat has gone down due to failures in piping..

I use mine all the time, but turn the shore water off and relieve the pressure when we leave for the week. I prefer that to hearing the water pump run every time I open a faucet.

ready123 · Post by **ready123** » Sun Jun 24, 2012 7:46 pm

k9th wrote:
alexander38 wrote:
kevinz wrote:I have never used my shore water hook up. When we go to a marina for a long week-end, I use the boat potable tank and fill as needed.
I don't use mine much, read to many a good boat has gone down due to failures in piping..
I use mine all the time, but turn the shore water off and relieve the pressure when we leave for the week. I prefer that to hearing the water pump run every time I open a faucet.

+1

rooferdave · Post by **rooferdave** » Sun Jun 24, 2012 8:19 pm

kevinz wrote:I have never used my shore water hook up. When we go to a marina for a long week-end, I use the boat potable tank and fill as needed.

I do not even know if my pump works, when I turn my taps on nothing happens... I do use city water but if you look on your city intake there is a regulater thats bring the pressure down to around 15-18 psi so as not to blow a line (city is 50-60 psi) and as long as you turn it off when you are not at the club and have a high water alarm it is a non issue

prowlersfish · Post by **prowlersfish** » Sun Jun 24, 2012 8:48 pm

Most of the regulators you find are set around 40-45 psi .

aaronbocknek · Post by **aaronbocknek** » Mon Jun 25, 2012 4:53 am

the PO reconfigured my city water inlet and is now next to the transom light. i have not one, but two regulators dockside. one at the faucet, the other connected to the city water inlet, which is connected to a Y connector that can turn on and off. when i leave the boat, i turn off the Y connector, and depressurize the hose with the other lever. i then leave the forward head faucet turned on, so that if someone turns on the city water dock side and opens the tap at the Y connector, the water flows right out the thru hull in the forward head. otherwise, the water is stopped at the shore hookup Y connector. i know, too many items, but, i like the peace of mind with redundant systems.

aweimer · Post by **aweimer** » Mon Jun 25, 2012 8:19 am

aaronbocknek wrote:the PO reconfigured my city water inlet and is now next to the transom light. i have not one, but two regulators dockside. one at the faucet, the other connected to the city water inlet, which is connected to a Y connector that can turn on and off. when i leave the boat, i turn off the Y connector, and depressurize the hose with the other lever. i then leave the forward head faucet turned on, so that if someone turns on the city water dock side and opens the tap at the Y connector, the water flows right out the thru hull in the forward head. otherwise, the water is stopped at the shore hookup Y connector. i know, too many items, but, i like the peace of mind with redundant systems.

Our marina rules state you cannot leave the water line connected to the boat when not at the Marina. I disconnect the hose when we leave for the week.

rossjo · Post by **rossjo** » Mon Jun 25, 2012 9:01 am

alexander38 wrote:
kevinz wrote:I have never used my shore water hook up. When we go to a marina for a long week-end, I use the boat potable tank and fill as needed.
I don't use mine much, read to many a good boat has gone down due to failures in piping..

Same here - that's why I asked. I was advised early in life not to use this.