She floats but I took a gamble and lost. I did not like the through-hull installation with the valves screwed onto through-hulls but figured they would be fine. I did honestly think, and figured, they were probably alright for one more season and I gambled wrong. We sailed the boat up from Portsmouth last Friday and she was hauled today! You guessed it I'll be replacing each and every through-hull with flange type Groco's from Hamilton Marine. I had one of the through hulls weeping around the threads. It was no more than a sponge full every day or two but any water in the bilge is bad water in my book.
While she's out I'm also replacing the the three year old PSS, why not, and the depth transducer and filling the hole left by the speed log. So far the boat has been great and I knew I should have replaced the through-hulls but took a chance that just cost me $500.00 clams for a haul, block and re-launch....
So what do you guys fill the counter sunk screw holes for the flanged through-hulls with? Cabosil & West, 3M blister filler? Are phillips head silicon bronze bolts available? All I'm finding are flat heads at Hamilton..
