PNW_Drifter
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Seafarer Battery and Seacock Questions
- Thread starter Blaugrana
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Seacocks are ball valves, but a ball valve screwed to the top of a thru hull scoop is not a good seacock, but that is how my Grady, and most are done.
Lot of articles about why it is a bad practice, here is one.
https://www.sailfeed.com/2013/10/no-nos-and-good-practice-with-thru-hulls-and-seacocks/
KY, your scoops at least look thru bolted, with backing washers, but I am guessing that is your work, not factory.
Lot of articles about why it is a bad practice, here is one.
https://www.sailfeed.com/2013/10/no-nos-and-good-practice-with-thru-hulls-and-seacocks/
KY, your scoops at least look thru bolted, with backing washers, but I am guessing that is your work, not factory.
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Glacier, yes mine are thru bolted with washers and also the big nut that screws down on the threaded pipe. Mine were factory thru bolted, I just installed all new hardware when I redid mine.