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Through-hull question
We replaced all the through-hulls on my Islander 29 with new bronze
through-hulls and bronze/stainless ball valves. The threads on the through-hulls were straight threads, while the threads on the ball valves were tapered [pipe] threads. As a consequence the ball valves only tightened down on the through-hulls by about 2 "turns". The yardman that did the job said that was the "accepted practice" and not to worry about it. But,,,, in this month's issue of Good Old Boat's newsletter supplement there's this,,, "You must use straight threads on both the valve and through-hull, or tapered on both. Mixing tapered and straight threads is the worst thing you can do, and sadly it is [or was] common". So, my question is,,,, does anyone know where to obtain bronze/stainless ball valves with straight threads? Easier to replace the ball valves rather than the through-hulls. I'd use proper seacocks but they require bolting to the hull which would be difficult with a fiberglass hull. Thanking you in advance, Trent Sanders S/V Cimba Marina Del Rey Southern California |
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I think you have answered your own question. To the best of
my knowledge ball valves are not acceptable for seacocks. Not sure why. That may be why thru-hulls and seacocks use straight threads. So ball valves won't fit. I've never had a seacock bolted to the hull. Normally the thru-hull is bedded and secured with the retaining ring and the seacock is just threaded on. Even though the seacock has a flange that will accept bolts, the flange has always just floated. Doug s/v Callista "Trent D. Sanders" wrote in message om... We replaced all the through-hulls on my Islander 29 with new bronze through-hulls and bronze/stainless ball valves. The threads on the through-hulls were straight threads, while the threads on the ball valves were tapered [pipe] threads. As a consequence the ball valves only tightened down on the through-hulls by about 2 "turns". The yardman that did the job said that was the "accepted practice" and not to worry about it. But,,,, in this month's issue of Good Old Boat's newsletter supplement there's this,,, "You must use straight threads on both the valve and through-hull, or tapered on both. Mixing tapered and straight threads is the worst thing you can do, and sadly it is [or was] common". So, my question is,,,, does anyone know where to obtain bronze/stainless ball valves with straight threads? Easier to replace the ball valves rather than the through-hulls. I'd use proper seacocks but they require bolting to the hull which would be difficult with a fiberglass hull. Thanking you in advance, Trent Sanders S/V Cimba Marina Del Rey Southern California |
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Wrong...
if you use a proper seacock, throw the nut from the through hull away. The seacock should be through bolted, but mose people seem to screw it to the backing plate. Which is better than nothing. Also throw away those ball vales, they are not designed for this task and. Yes you are correct you only have 2 or 3 threads seperating you from a sinking! Pierre "doug dotson" wrote in message ... I think you have answered your own question. To the best of my knowledge ball valves are not acceptable for seacocks. Not sure why. That may be why thru-hulls and seacocks use straight threads. So ball valves won't fit. I've never had a seacock bolted to the hull. Normally the thru-hull is bedded and secured with the retaining ring and the seacock is just threaded on. Even though the seacock has a flange that will accept bolts, the flange has always just floated. Doug s/v Callista "Trent D. Sanders" wrote in message om... We replaced all the through-hulls on my Islander 29 with new bronze through-hulls and bronze/stainless ball valves. The threads on the through-hulls were straight threads, while the threads on the ball valves were tapered [pipe] threads. As a consequence the ball valves only tightened down on the through-hulls by about 2 "turns". The yardman that did the job said that was the "accepted practice" and not to worry about it. But,,,, in this month's issue of Good Old Boat's newsletter supplement there's this,,, "You must use straight threads on both the valve and through-hull, or tapered on both. Mixing tapered and straight threads is the worst thing you can do, and sadly it is [or was] common". So, my question is,,,, does anyone know where to obtain bronze/stainless ball valves with straight threads? Easier to replace the ball valves rather than the through-hulls. I'd use proper seacocks but they require bolting to the hull which would be difficult with a fiberglass hull. Thanking you in advance, Trent Sanders S/V Cimba Marina Del Rey Southern California |
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Hummmm. It seems that many production boat manufacturers
are doing it wrong then. My old C&C didn't have any of the seacocks through-bolted. On my current boat the seacock has a flange which does secure the thru-hull, but there are no provision for bolts. Doug s/v Callista "98stratus" wrote in message ... Wrong... if you use a proper seacock, throw the nut from the through hull away. The seacock should be through bolted, but mose people seem to screw it to the backing plate. Which is better than nothing. Also throw away those ball vales, they are not designed for this task and. Yes you are correct you only have 2 or 3 threads seperating you from a sinking! Pierre "doug dotson" wrote in message ... I think you have answered your own question. To the best of my knowledge ball valves are not acceptable for seacocks. Not sure why. That may be why thru-hulls and seacocks use straight threads. So ball valves won't fit. I've never had a seacock bolted to the hull. Normally the thru-hull is bedded and secured with the retaining ring and the seacock is just threaded on. Even though the seacock has a flange that will accept bolts, the flange has always just floated. Doug s/v Callista "Trent D. Sanders" wrote in message om... We replaced all the through-hulls on my Islander 29 with new bronze through-hulls and bronze/stainless ball valves. The threads on the through-hulls were straight threads, while the threads on the ball valves were tapered [pipe] threads. As a consequence the ball valves only tightened down on the through-hulls by about 2 "turns". The yardman that did the job said that was the "accepted practice" and not to worry about it. But,,,, in this month's issue of Good Old Boat's newsletter supplement there's this,,, "You must use straight threads on both the valve and through-hull, or tapered on both. Mixing tapered and straight threads is the worst thing you can do, and sadly it is [or was] common". So, my question is,,,, does anyone know where to obtain bronze/stainless ball valves with straight threads? Easier to replace the ball valves rather than the through-hulls. I'd use proper seacocks but they require bolting to the hull which would be difficult with a fiberglass hull. Thanking you in advance, Trent Sanders S/V Cimba Marina Del Rey Southern California |
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Not surprising. A proper flanged and bolted bronze seacock cost about 4
times as much as a throughhull and ball valve. I compromised with flanged and bolted Marelon. doug dotson wrote: Hummmm. It seems that many production boat manufacturers are doing it wrong then. My old C&C didn't have any of the seacocks through-bolted. On my current boat the seacock has a flange which does secure the thru-hull, but there are no provision for bolts. Doug s/v Callista "98stratus" wrote in message ... Wrong... if you use a proper seacock, throw the nut from the through hull away. The seacock should be through bolted, but mose people seem to screw it to the backing plate. Which is better than nothing. Also throw away those ball vales, they are not designed for this task and. Yes you are correct you only have 2 or 3 threads seperating you from a sinking! Pierre "doug dotson" wrote in message ... I think you have answered your own question. To the best of my knowledge ball valves are not acceptable for seacocks. Not sure why. That may be why thru-hulls and seacocks use straight threads. So ball valves won't fit. I've never had a seacock bolted to the hull. Normally the thru-hull is bedded and secured with the retaining ring and the seacock is just threaded on. Even though the seacock has a flange that will accept bolts, the flange has always just floated. Doug s/v Callista "Trent D. Sanders" wrote in message e.com... We replaced all the through-hulls on my Islander 29 with new bronze through-hulls and bronze/stainless ball valves. The threads on the through-hulls were straight threads, while the threads on the ball valves were tapered [pipe] threads. As a consequence the ball valves only tightened down on the through-hulls by about 2 "turns". The yardman that did the job said that was the "accepted practice" and not to worry about it. But,,,, in this month's issue of Good Old Boat's newsletter supplement there's this,,, "You must use straight threads on both the valve and through-hull, or tapered on both. Mixing tapered and straight threads is the worst thing you can do, and sadly it is [or was] common". So, my question is,,,, does anyone know where to obtain bronze/stainless ball valves with straight threads? Easier to replace the ball valves rather than the through-hulls. I'd use proper seacocks but they require bolting to the hull which would be difficult with a fiberglass hull. Thanking you in advance, Trent Sanders S/V Cimba Marina Del Rey Southern California -- Glenn Ashmore I'm building a 45' cutter in strip/composite. Watch my progress (or lack there of) at: http://www.rutuonline.com Shameless Commercial Division: http://www.spade-anchor-us.com |
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Through-hull question
I don't trust plastic below the waterline. Marelon is
plenty strong but bronze is stronger. I have to install a few more thru-hulls this spring. I guess I'll have to do some thinking about it. Doug s/v Callista "Glenn Ashmore" wrote in message news:vvkDb.4930$JD6.3668@lakeread04... Not surprising. A proper flanged and bolted bronze seacock cost about 4 times as much as a throughhull and ball valve. I compromised with flanged and bolted Marelon. doug dotson wrote: Hummmm. It seems that many production boat manufacturers are doing it wrong then. My old C&C didn't have any of the seacocks through-bolted. On my current boat the seacock has a flange which does secure the thru-hull, but there are no provision for bolts. Doug s/v Callista "98stratus" wrote in message ... Wrong... if you use a proper seacock, throw the nut from the through hull away. The seacock should be through bolted, but mose people seem to screw it to the backing plate. Which is better than nothing. Also throw away those ball vales, they are not designed for this task and. Yes you are correct you only have 2 or 3 threads seperating you from a sinking! Pierre "doug dotson" wrote in message ... I think you have answered your own question. To the best of my knowledge ball valves are not acceptable for seacocks. Not sure why. That may be why thru-hulls and seacocks use straight threads. So ball valves won't fit. I've never had a seacock bolted to the hull. Normally the thru-hull is bedded and secured with the retaining ring and the seacock is just threaded on. Even though the seacock has a flange that will accept bolts, the flange has always just floated. Doug s/v Callista "Trent D. Sanders" wrote in message e.com... We replaced all the through-hulls on my Islander 29 with new bronze through-hulls and bronze/stainless ball valves. The threads on the through-hulls were straight threads, while the threads on the ball valves were tapered [pipe] threads. As a consequence the ball valves only tightened down on the through-hulls by about 2 "turns". The yardman that did the job said that was the "accepted practice" and not to worry about it. But,,,, in this month's issue of Good Old Boat's newsletter supplement there's this,,, "You must use straight threads on both the valve and through-hull, or tapered on both. Mixing tapered and straight threads is the worst thing you can do, and sadly it is [or was] common". So, my question is,,,, does anyone know where to obtain bronze/stainless ball valves with straight threads? Easier to replace the ball valves rather than the through-hulls. I'd use proper seacocks but they require bolting to the hull which would be difficult with a fiberglass hull. Thanking you in advance, Trent Sanders S/V Cimba Marina Del Rey Southern California -- Glenn Ashmore I'm building a 45' cutter in strip/composite. Watch my progress (or lack there of) at: http://www.rutuonline.com Shameless Commercial Division: http://www.spade-anchor-us.com |
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Through-hull question
I don't trust plastic below the waterline. Marelon is
plenty strong but bronze is stronger. I have to install a few more thru-hulls this spring. I guess I'll have to do some thinking about it. Doug s/v Callista "Glenn Ashmore" wrote in message news:vvkDb.4930$JD6.3668@lakeread04... Not surprising. A proper flanged and bolted bronze seacock cost about 4 times as much as a throughhull and ball valve. I compromised with flanged and bolted Marelon. doug dotson wrote: Hummmm. It seems that many production boat manufacturers are doing it wrong then. My old C&C didn't have any of the seacocks through-bolted. On my current boat the seacock has a flange which does secure the thru-hull, but there are no provision for bolts. Doug s/v Callista "98stratus" wrote in message ... Wrong... if you use a proper seacock, throw the nut from the through hull away. The seacock should be through bolted, but mose people seem to screw it to the backing plate. Which is better than nothing. Also throw away those ball vales, they are not designed for this task and. Yes you are correct you only have 2 or 3 threads seperating you from a sinking! Pierre "doug dotson" wrote in message ... I think you have answered your own question. To the best of my knowledge ball valves are not acceptable for seacocks. Not sure why. That may be why thru-hulls and seacocks use straight threads. So ball valves won't fit. I've never had a seacock bolted to the hull. Normally the thru-hull is bedded and secured with the retaining ring and the seacock is just threaded on. Even though the seacock has a flange that will accept bolts, the flange has always just floated. Doug s/v Callista "Trent D. Sanders" wrote in message e.com... We replaced all the through-hulls on my Islander 29 with new bronze through-hulls and bronze/stainless ball valves. The threads on the through-hulls were straight threads, while the threads on the ball valves were tapered [pipe] threads. As a consequence the ball valves only tightened down on the through-hulls by about 2 "turns". The yardman that did the job said that was the "accepted practice" and not to worry about it. But,,,, in this month's issue of Good Old Boat's newsletter supplement there's this,,, "You must use straight threads on both the valve and through-hull, or tapered on both. Mixing tapered and straight threads is the worst thing you can do, and sadly it is [or was] common". So, my question is,,,, does anyone know where to obtain bronze/stainless ball valves with straight threads? Easier to replace the ball valves rather than the through-hulls. I'd use proper seacocks but they require bolting to the hull which would be difficult with a fiberglass hull. Thanking you in advance, Trent Sanders S/V Cimba Marina Del Rey Southern California -- Glenn Ashmore I'm building a 45' cutter in strip/composite. Watch my progress (or lack there of) at: http://www.rutuonline.com Shameless Commercial Division: http://www.spade-anchor-us.com |
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Through-hull question
Not surprising. A proper flanged and bolted bronze seacock cost about 4
times as much as a throughhull and ball valve. I compromised with flanged and bolted Marelon. doug dotson wrote: Hummmm. It seems that many production boat manufacturers are doing it wrong then. My old C&C didn't have any of the seacocks through-bolted. On my current boat the seacock has a flange which does secure the thru-hull, but there are no provision for bolts. Doug s/v Callista "98stratus" wrote in message ... Wrong... if you use a proper seacock, throw the nut from the through hull away. The seacock should be through bolted, but mose people seem to screw it to the backing plate. Which is better than nothing. Also throw away those ball vales, they are not designed for this task and. Yes you are correct you only have 2 or 3 threads seperating you from a sinking! Pierre "doug dotson" wrote in message ... I think you have answered your own question. To the best of my knowledge ball valves are not acceptable for seacocks. Not sure why. That may be why thru-hulls and seacocks use straight threads. So ball valves won't fit. I've never had a seacock bolted to the hull. Normally the thru-hull is bedded and secured with the retaining ring and the seacock is just threaded on. Even though the seacock has a flange that will accept bolts, the flange has always just floated. Doug s/v Callista "Trent D. Sanders" wrote in message e.com... We replaced all the through-hulls on my Islander 29 with new bronze through-hulls and bronze/stainless ball valves. The threads on the through-hulls were straight threads, while the threads on the ball valves were tapered [pipe] threads. As a consequence the ball valves only tightened down on the through-hulls by about 2 "turns". The yardman that did the job said that was the "accepted practice" and not to worry about it. But,,,, in this month's issue of Good Old Boat's newsletter supplement there's this,,, "You must use straight threads on both the valve and through-hull, or tapered on both. Mixing tapered and straight threads is the worst thing you can do, and sadly it is [or was] common". So, my question is,,,, does anyone know where to obtain bronze/stainless ball valves with straight threads? Easier to replace the ball valves rather than the through-hulls. I'd use proper seacocks but they require bolting to the hull which would be difficult with a fiberglass hull. Thanking you in advance, Trent Sanders S/V Cimba Marina Del Rey Southern California -- Glenn Ashmore I'm building a 45' cutter in strip/composite. Watch my progress (or lack there of) at: http://www.rutuonline.com Shameless Commercial Division: http://www.spade-anchor-us.com |
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Through-hull question
Hummmm. It seems that many production boat manufacturers
are doing it wrong then. My old C&C didn't have any of the seacocks through-bolted. On my current boat the seacock has a flange which does secure the thru-hull, but there are no provision for bolts. Doug s/v Callista "98stratus" wrote in message ... Wrong... if you use a proper seacock, throw the nut from the through hull away. The seacock should be through bolted, but mose people seem to screw it to the backing plate. Which is better than nothing. Also throw away those ball vales, they are not designed for this task and. Yes you are correct you only have 2 or 3 threads seperating you from a sinking! Pierre "doug dotson" wrote in message ... I think you have answered your own question. To the best of my knowledge ball valves are not acceptable for seacocks. Not sure why. That may be why thru-hulls and seacocks use straight threads. So ball valves won't fit. I've never had a seacock bolted to the hull. Normally the thru-hull is bedded and secured with the retaining ring and the seacock is just threaded on. Even though the seacock has a flange that will accept bolts, the flange has always just floated. Doug s/v Callista "Trent D. Sanders" wrote in message om... We replaced all the through-hulls on my Islander 29 with new bronze through-hulls and bronze/stainless ball valves. The threads on the through-hulls were straight threads, while the threads on the ball valves were tapered [pipe] threads. As a consequence the ball valves only tightened down on the through-hulls by about 2 "turns". The yardman that did the job said that was the "accepted practice" and not to worry about it. But,,,, in this month's issue of Good Old Boat's newsletter supplement there's this,,, "You must use straight threads on both the valve and through-hull, or tapered on both. Mixing tapered and straight threads is the worst thing you can do, and sadly it is [or was] common". So, my question is,,,, does anyone know where to obtain bronze/stainless ball valves with straight threads? Easier to replace the ball valves rather than the through-hulls. I'd use proper seacocks but they require bolting to the hull which would be difficult with a fiberglass hull. Thanking you in advance, Trent Sanders S/V Cimba Marina Del Rey Southern California |
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Wrong...
if you use a proper seacock, throw the nut from the through hull away. The seacock should be through bolted, but mose people seem to screw it to the backing plate. Which is better than nothing. Also throw away those ball vales, they are not designed for this task and. Yes you are correct you only have 2 or 3 threads seperating you from a sinking! Pierre "doug dotson" wrote in message ... I think you have answered your own question. To the best of my knowledge ball valves are not acceptable for seacocks. Not sure why. That may be why thru-hulls and seacocks use straight threads. So ball valves won't fit. I've never had a seacock bolted to the hull. Normally the thru-hull is bedded and secured with the retaining ring and the seacock is just threaded on. Even though the seacock has a flange that will accept bolts, the flange has always just floated. Doug s/v Callista "Trent D. Sanders" wrote in message om... We replaced all the through-hulls on my Islander 29 with new bronze through-hulls and bronze/stainless ball valves. The threads on the through-hulls were straight threads, while the threads on the ball valves were tapered [pipe] threads. As a consequence the ball valves only tightened down on the through-hulls by about 2 "turns". The yardman that did the job said that was the "accepted practice" and not to worry about it. But,,,, in this month's issue of Good Old Boat's newsletter supplement there's this,,, "You must use straight threads on both the valve and through-hull, or tapered on both. Mixing tapered and straight threads is the worst thing you can do, and sadly it is [or was] common". So, my question is,,,, does anyone know where to obtain bronze/stainless ball valves with straight threads? Easier to replace the ball valves rather than the through-hulls. I'd use proper seacocks but they require bolting to the hull which would be difficult with a fiberglass hull. Thanking you in advance, Trent Sanders S/V Cimba Marina Del Rey Southern California |
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