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What is that crackling sound? 

17/10/2016

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Over the past several days, we've been hearing a crackling sound in our hull, the other day the bilge pump ran for a while in the middle of the night. It ran the other day and I put my head in the bilge to look, which I do regularly before and after a sail. Remember rule number one is "keep the water out of the boat!" So as I'm laying on the floor with my head hanging down, I hear snapping, crinkling and popping sounds. I'm wondering do I have electrolysis issues, a short somewhere? If that the sound of water trickling down? It seems louder at night, maybe because all the noise of the marina calms down, no planes flying around etc. I've heard it before in Morro Bay, but I thought that was the ripples on the hull from the high winds. But what is it now? There's no wind. 
So being a good sailor I exhausted all of my faculties and Googled "crackling sounds in the bilge" and discovered I was not the only one who was tormented by this sound. My response was pretty tame compared to some who disconnected their batteries and in the complete darkness looked for sparks or leaks. Watch the video below to be amazed. A fiberglass hull is acting as a speaker for any sound under the sea. We've heard sonar from submarines resonating through the hull. 
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Jim Quinn link
17/10/2016 14:38:34

Pistol shrimp?? Awesome. They're pretty effective. God's pretty smart to give them that bit of technology built in. LOL!!!!

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Janna
20/10/2016 17:00:58

WHHHAAAAT?!? Omg lol that's so awesome.....!

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Jill Rappaport
13/4/2017 10:29:11

Well that was amazing. Up to October archives. Trying to figure out when you left San Diego.

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    Tim & Lynette Jenné have their feet firmly planted in midair. We don't know what tomorrow brings, but are very excited to see what surprises come our way. ​Tim's favorite leadership quote:
    "If you want to build a ship, don't drum up people to collect wood and don't assign them tasks and work, but rather teach them to long for the endless immensity of the sea." Antoine de Saint-Exupery

    ​Captain John Jenne (1596 - 1643), son of Henry Jenne and Mary Smythe, was born 21 December 1596 at Lakenham Parish, Norfolk, England; He married Sarah Carey. They emigrated to the Colonies from Leyden in 1623 aboard the Little James, accompanied by the ship Anne. Their daughter Sarah was born 23 July 1623, at sea.
    — New Adventures since 1623

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