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I have finally moved the Sivlerton 37 to San Diego, with weather and an ongoing fuel issues the move kept getting pushed back and delayed. the weather finally cooperated and I got the boat moved to San Diego, but not without events. I left Mariana Del Rey this past Sunday headed for two harbors Catalina Island to get fuel and set a fuel burn rate, I got just outside of the MDR jetty throttled up to about 1500 rpm and a few seconds later, she shut down ( I had already replaced the fuel pump on the starboard engine the previous weekend due to fact that the pump started to leak though the bypass)
I came back in to the harbor and it would run at idle but not at any higher rpm. Safely back in the slip I removed the Floscan flow meter and changed all of the fuel filters , I did find debris in the carb screen so I thought maybe the flow meter had jammed or plugged
Monday I headed out of MDR at about 6:30 am, she ran fine and off went, she ran ok at about 1500 so I ran that speed for about an hour, I throttled up to 1800 and she almost immediately died, it would restart and die, over and over, so I continued on to the isthmus on one engine. During this time, I removed the fuel hose to the carb, ran some clear hose I bought to a bucket in the cockpit, and cranked and cranked , but never got any fuel to the bucket… figuring the new fuel pump failed. The autopilot works flawlessly by the way
Once moored in Two Harbors, I went ashore and found an electric fuel pump and fitting, I bypassed the mechanical fuel pump and the boat started right up and ran fine (at idle on a mooring) That night (Monday) I woke up remembering stories I had read here at the TOFthat there is supposed to be an anti-siphon valve in a gasoline fuel system to prevent emptying a fuel tank into the bilge by a siphon through the carb. Tuesday morning, I followed the fuel lines to the tank and only found what looked to be an NPT to Compression adapter, I went ahead and removed the fitting anyways, which is buried behind the engine and exhaust hoses and below the floor. When I got it out and look at it, it was the anti-siphon valve and sure enough, it was completely plugged with debris. (see photo) I cleaned it out and the boat ran great for the rest of the trip, so here is a concrete example of a lesson learned on this forum! As you an see, I spent a fair amount of the trip running in low visability and fog, ---RADAR----GPS Plotter AUTO PILOT ....dont leave home without them!
Glad to hear you got her home. Sorry you had issues but you did remember and over come the situation. You got back safely and thats what counts. Little buggers just had to be persistent but you showed them!
Growing old is inevitable,but growing up is optional
1984 F36 w/350 Crusaders 'Reel Class'
2011 Trojan Rendevous
Solomons Get Together 2011
Ocean City 2012,2013,2015
congrats! I have had my share of anti siphon valve headaches in the past! My best friend just flew to SanDiego today for a one week business trip. I was telling him how jealous I was and how much I loved SanDiego. Now I'm jealous again!
Todd Pote
1987 10 Meter Mid Cabin
Double Pote-N_Sea
1992 Scout 15.5 Center Console
the Pennant is actually our yacht club burgee, Coronado Yacht Club, a gold crown with a blue field. Coronado is nick named the crown city after the Hotel Del Coronado...
thanks for noticing tho...Silverton is still bulding boats , but I cannot seem to find a Silverton Pennant....what is one to do?
This boat has two very tall flag poles on it, I need to fly something on them..(outriggers)
the Pennant is actually our yacht club burgee, Coronado Yacht Club, a gold crown with a blue field. Coronado is nick named the crown city after the Hotel Del Coronado...
thanks for noticing tho...Silverton is still bulding boats , but I cannot seem to find a Silverton Pennant....what is one to do?
This boat has two very tall flag poles on it, I need to fly something on them..(outriggers)
Yes - been to the hotel - nice place!
Silverton filed for bankruptcy last year - hope they make it.
Captain Ross, 2009 Trojan Boater of the Year
"Viva Mahia" F32 Cummins 6BTA diesels,
"Mack Attack" Chaparral 244 Fish, SeaPro 180, McKee 14, Montauk-17
rossjo wrote:
Silverton filed for bankruptcy last year - hope they make it.
It appears that Egg Harbor bought Silverton and Ovation, the Silverton website is up and they are showing at boat shows, so they nay have survived one more round of attacks by the economy, taxes, fuel prices and regulations...
If you are ever back at the Del, you must let me know, the club is right across the street !
I thought Id post a few non Trojan update photos, the Silverton is turning out to be a pretty decent boat the more I get to know it. as with any boat or at least production boats, there are some details I find lacking, like the fuzzy hull liner...blah
but she is definately built heavily, and has very solid feel.
Transom with PO name removed
teak swim platform
New name on the transom, and yes, we perfomed the de-naming and renaming ceremony
photos when I was at Catalina Island on the way down
