Since you won't say why the water was coming in, perhaps you'd at least tell us what size and how many bildge pumps you have in your engine space and if the leak was overwhelming them? Or were they keeping up with the influx?QUOTE]
As a captain Bill, think about this...
You have an onboard experience that has the potential to result in litigation.
Would one of your first moves be to jump on social media with details; any details?
Not saying this is the case, but...
He brought it up on social media no one else did. And there was no way that at least some one around here wasn't going to ask the obvious follow up questions. If it is a litigation situation he should never have brought it up in any form in the first place.
But I don't think discribing your bilge pump system is going to open you up to any liability if your boat didn't sink.
I wasn't asking him to discribe why the boat was leaking. It's obvious he's not going to do that.
I just was curious as to what pump set up he had and how well it worked at stemming the flow. Did it just keep up? Or was it more than adequate? Does he have a quick and simple way to use his engines as emergancy pumps? Did he need to use them this time? If he does not, does he think he might add such a set up after this experience? Pretty basic questions that can be answered without the need to go into any detail about what caused the leak.
Although it might be informative to have a ballpark estimate of the volume of water coming in.