Evan Gatehouse wrote:

"Cindy Ballreich" wrote in message
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The raw water thru-hull for our boat (a Baba 30) is located aft
of the engine in an area only accessible by removing everything
from the cockpit locker and then hanging upside down reaching
below the cockpit. Obviously, this is potentially a big hole in
the boat that may need to be closed in a hurry. We'd like to find
a solution that doesn't involve leaving the only cockpit locker
empty, moving the thru-hull, or just leaving the darn thing open
all the time and hoping for the best. Since the nearest bulkhead
is the back side of the ice box, there doesn't seem to be any
place that an access hole could be cut. This is a traditional
heavy bronze thru-hull with a ball valve (90 degree lever
handle). It seems like someone ought to make some kind of
extender that would allow the thru-hull to be operated from the
cockpit locker.

Does anyone know where we might find one?

Any other ideas?

Cindy

You could consider a Morse (push-pull) cable. You need to fasten the cable
so that it intersects the valve body at 45 degrees so that it can open/close
the valve easily.

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I gather that valves that you screw down to shut off are normally
not as good as a stop cock/valve operated by a lever moving 90
degrees.
But in the interest of not cutting another hole could this be a
situation where you could fit a screw type shut off valve with
its handle extended up to somewhere accessible. Then, by turning
the handle in a rotary manner from above it would be possible to
shut off the valve down below? Just an idea! Terry.

Terry wrote:

I gather that valves that you screw down to shut off are normally
not as good as a stop cock/valve operated by a lever moving 90
degrees.
But in the interest of not cutting another hole could this be a
situation where you could fit a screw type shut off valve with
its handle extended up to somewhere accessible. Then, by turning
the handle in a rotary manner from above it would be possible to
shut off the valve down below? Just an idea! Terry.


The screw valves are called "Gate" valves and they have no business
being on a boat. [many reasons snipped for brevity.]

Replacement ball valves or sea cocks -- both 1/4 turn on-off -- are
inexpensive (certainly less than your insurance deductable), are easily
turned, and their open/closed state can be visually determined.

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