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Pamlico,
The same thing has happened to me more than once. I've always had good luck by just reconnecting the hose to the through-hull seacock, then opening the sea-**** and letting the water pressure slowly/gradually re-prime the line. Sometimes it takes a half-hour to an hour, during which time I move on to other boat chores. It's less pro-active than the other approaches described above, but it doesn't require any additional tools/equipment either. (We have a soft rubber impeller on our raw water pump, so I can't say this method would work in all cases).
Once you get the hose/pump re-primed, be careful as you remove it again that you do not let all the raw water dump out of it. Try to hold your thumb over the end of the hose as soon as you pop it off the sea-****, then immediately put it into your anti-freeze bucket (which you should get ready/handy before removing the hose). Good luck!
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