Well, I CAN'T really get at it to work on it: only about 1/4 of it. I
tried heating it with a steam-cleaner (Now it's Really Clean...), and as I
felt it getting cold again almost immediately, I realized (duh!) it's full
of water, which is at least thermally connected to the ocean through the
bronze thruhull! No way I'm getting this baby hot!

Why would it be full of water before you ever use it???? Unless you
tried putting hot water in it??? You don't heat hose from the inside,
Lloyd...you warm it from the outside. You just stick the end into a pot
of boiling water--which can be a little hard to do in some locations--or
you just turn a blow dryer on it (from a distance that isn't likely to
burn it)...and let it run for a few minutes. Because you don't want to
risk damaging the hose, you do need some patience.


Should I drill a hole in the hose and let most of the water out (it's
slanted down, so water in the fitting will still be there...)?

Noooo! If you do that, the hose will never seal.

Any way I
can cut it off without damaging the fitting?

Same way you should have put it on: warm it with a blow dryer. It
should soften up enough to come off.

Peggie
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Peggie Hall
Specializing in marine sanitation since 1987
Author "Get Rid of Boat Odors - A Guide To Marine Sanitation Systems and
Other Sources of Aggravation and Odor"
http://www.seaworthy.com/html/get_ri...oat_odors.html