Cockpit drain seacocks
Posted: Sun Jan 18, 2004 4:41 pm
I just got done perusing Tim's woes of getting the new cockpit drain arrangement sorted out aboard GLISSANDO. Wow...what a workout!
My immediate question here...
My boat is a big mass of mess right now, and even if I could get to the seacock area to look it wouldn't do me much good as I not only to not have the new seacock in hand but have already done away with the original hull standpipes.
Anyway, I've tried to judge the misalignment by eye, and it looked like angled fittings would do. Reading Tim's narrative, I see that is not going to be an answer.
My first inclination is to section the lower part of the scupper into a friendlier installation angle and then have a friend of mine who is a very sharp non-ferrous welder TIG them back together. Oh my, but does he just love welding cast stuff, though. Might cost me a whole fifth, and he likes spendy booze! Ouch!
Second inclination which I immediately dismissed was to seek out some automotive radiator hoses with the right bends in them, chop out the desired part and go at it. I know better than this, so it is dismissed out of hand.
Last inclination, is to move the seacocks a little. This would be a real pain perhaps but might also be an answer. I even thought of fitting some serious riser blocks under the seacocks, doing massive 'glass addition, and installing my recessed thruhulls at an angle relative to the bottom as required, then fairing up. Naaaahhh. Maybe move the seacocks though.
I'm curious if Mr. Triton Guy has any ideas as to what could be done here, and also if there are any specific plans for how to cope with it on the Daysailor. Wait...that's a dumb question! He's building a new cockpit in the first place.
For that matter, what about moving the scuppers themselves a bit aft? Think that'd help?
I realize that the final answer is only going to happen with parts in hand, but I am trying to get a picture in my head of what I might be able to work out. I don't have room for the loops of hose, so I gotta make it go somehow.
Thanks,
Dave
My immediate question here...
My boat is a big mass of mess right now, and even if I could get to the seacock area to look it wouldn't do me much good as I not only to not have the new seacock in hand but have already done away with the original hull standpipes.
Anyway, I've tried to judge the misalignment by eye, and it looked like angled fittings would do. Reading Tim's narrative, I see that is not going to be an answer.
My first inclination is to section the lower part of the scupper into a friendlier installation angle and then have a friend of mine who is a very sharp non-ferrous welder TIG them back together. Oh my, but does he just love welding cast stuff, though. Might cost me a whole fifth, and he likes spendy booze! Ouch!
Second inclination which I immediately dismissed was to seek out some automotive radiator hoses with the right bends in them, chop out the desired part and go at it. I know better than this, so it is dismissed out of hand.
Last inclination, is to move the seacocks a little. This would be a real pain perhaps but might also be an answer. I even thought of fitting some serious riser blocks under the seacocks, doing massive 'glass addition, and installing my recessed thruhulls at an angle relative to the bottom as required, then fairing up. Naaaahhh. Maybe move the seacocks though.
I'm curious if Mr. Triton Guy has any ideas as to what could be done here, and also if there are any specific plans for how to cope with it on the Daysailor. Wait...that's a dumb question! He's building a new cockpit in the first place.
For that matter, what about moving the scuppers themselves a bit aft? Think that'd help?
I realize that the final answer is only going to happen with parts in hand, but I am trying to get a picture in my head of what I might be able to work out. I don't have room for the loops of hose, so I gotta make it go somehow.
Thanks,
Dave