Irish Rambler
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- Joined
- Apr 29, 2014
- Messages
- 1,733
- Location
- FRANCE
- Vessel Name
- 'Snow Mouse.'
- Vessel Make
- BROOM FLYBRIDGE 42.
Talking of seacocks.
I discovered 4 of mine were seized when doing preventive maintenance before heading off to France. The old seized ones were bronze gate valves and the internal threaded screw that withdraws the gate had eaten away and the handle just kept spinning.
After some sweat and swearwords we replaced all of them on the boat with lever ball cock type and now we can see at a glance when any are open or closed.
Why oh why don't boat builders give more thought to access and replacement, life would be so much easier.
I discovered 4 of mine were seized when doing preventive maintenance before heading off to France. The old seized ones were bronze gate valves and the internal threaded screw that withdraws the gate had eaten away and the handle just kept spinning.
After some sweat and swearwords we replaced all of them on the boat with lever ball cock type and now we can see at a glance when any are open or closed.
Why oh why don't boat builders give more thought to access and replacement, life would be so much easier.