Cockpit Scupper Seacocks

[Trinity]

My original seacocks and thru-hulls don't look so bad, they're not stuck or anything.  If the yard OKs them I'll sell them for a very reasonable amount to another P365 owner.  Maybe even P367, P424....hehe
Best Regards,
Marc

[Richard]

I think it is probably important that we be able to close all of the seacocks on the boat.  If there was a problem with a cockpit drain hose, say an object damaged it, the water would start coming in with no way to stop it, except for a wooden plug, etc.  I wish the cockpit hoses were a bit farther away from the seat storage area so that there was not a danger of damaging them with something.

[RayNWanda]

All we need now is......

Famous last words of a Boat Owner...ha ah ha...

Ain't that the truth... I think we are going to splash Friday... If we don't get bit by something.
We got house batteries and fuel plumbing today. The electrical system seems OK- we put a 10A fuse on the house batteries before we closed the battery disconnect switch. We didn't blow the fuse... the cabin lights all appear to work, we got an engine alarm. We connected the battery without the fuse and fired the engine for a few seconds. Bottom paint tomorrow, the other battery, charger,...

[BlameItOnBuffett]

On Both of my seacocks, I didn;t have the guts to do it in the water, but the first time I got lifted, the yard freed them with a hammer and lubed them both. I now regularly exercise them.

I had a slightly different issue. On my port scupper, there was some debris in there, so my wife grabbed a screwdriver to get them out. the lttle cross bar in their immediately broke off, taking the side wall of the scupper with it. I checked it, and it was as brittle and aged as it could possibly be. Trying to get 4 new marleon head scupper to do both these and the mid deck drains (already did the aft deck drains closest to the cockpit), all for th e same issue.