Trojan Boat Forum

ok so our washdown pump hasn't worked since we bought the boat, and I started messing around trying to find out why. I can't even find the pump - I think it might be stuck behind the fuel tank (not sure -still haven't really crawled around) But here's a weird thing - I found a seacock that was turned off, but had a hose coming out of it. I thought - AHA here's why!! So I turned it on...nothing comes out of the pump. ok.... I keep fiddling around, and about an hour later I go to get some water out of the galley sink to make coffee, and it tastes like salt water.
what the heck?
I flushed out the water tank, turned off the seacock and refilled with fresh water and its fine... but what in the heck was that seacock for? I can't imagine anyone would want salt water to drink

got the washdown pump working. Success! But I still don't know what the deal is with the saltwater going into the freshwater tank - the only idea I have is that its to drain the water tank when you pull the boat out of the water?
I dunno.

That would be my guess

That makes sense to me too.

I'm not sure it makes "good" sense to put another through hull below the water line when you can dump it into the bilge & pump it overboard but it makes more sense than drinking salt water or lake water.

Only time I saw something like that was in a water maker installation. Perhaps there was one installed before, then removed?

I have an '85 10 meter - its new to me.

There's a breaker on the 12 volt panel for washdown, but other than that, I have NO idea where it might be.

Can anyone help?

Mark