Anyone have a deck hose

[mikewilkes]

Down the inside of the hull

Last time we were out of the water we had all the holes below water welded up. SWMBO did not like the look of the seacock supplying the heads. Fitted a fresh water tank, 9 galls, for heads. This has a deck filler so if at anchor then can fill up with salt water.
Next time she comes out of the water we are fitting the echosounder and log to the inside of the hulls. Never go fast enough to rip them off. Advantage will also be that the log paddle wheel can be pulled up and cleaned. Dont see why you could not fit a similar pipe down the inside. Admittedly you will go a bit faster than us as you are F/G not steel.
BTW the engine is an outboard in a well - but shortly to be moved to the transom and increased in size.

 

[Barnaclebob]

They're designed to be used with seawater (with a final flush of freshwater). They have even been used to evacuate old diesel tanks.

The power consumption is 12v (via a standard cigar lighter socket)drawing between 6 and 10.5 amps depending on the spray pattern used.

 

[ShipsWoofy]

So you are the agent then?

 

[rudolph_hart]

Good to learn from someone who has done this successfully.

I'm intrigued with the 'ss socket on deck that took a standard garden hose plastic male snap type fitting'. Where did you get it?

 

[Ships_Cat]

I am not in the UK but most places the thread size for ordinary garden hose and tap fittings are all the same size (3/4 inch I think they are). There is also a range of garden hose snap lock fittings available in plastic and brass (also ss but harder to find). A standard fitting in the snap lock type is a male fitting (normally called a "male tip" I think) which screws into a female normal (3/4 inch ?) screwed hose fitting and the other end is a tail onto which can then be snapped a female snap lock type garden hose fitting.

So, the socket I mentioned that sits on the deck is just a normal screwed ss socket (like used in ss pipework) that will take one of these male tip snap lock fittings (I use a plastic one) and onto which the female snap on the end of the hose will connect. All just as in the garden, in fact with some washdown pumps they supply a trigger nozzle and it will also normally have snap fittings supplied with it to go on the opposite end of the hose.

When I bought the screwed ss socket I just took along the plastic male snap fitting to make sure it fitted. The sockets, as are the ss valves and other fittings I use, are sold by ss pipe fitting merchants or can normally be found at companies that make up industrial hoses (hydraulic, chemical handling) of which there are normally plenty around these days. I find the industrial hose places will select the right fittings for you out of those available if you tell them exactly what you are doing (well here in NZ they do).

Let me know if that is not clear and I can organize some internet links to the types of fittings.

John

 

[rudolph_hart]

Many thanks. After a weekend grovelling around inside the cockpit locker, I have ascertained that the shower drain pump can be 're-assigned' to the task.

We're never going to use it for its intended purpose, as having a shower in the toilet compartment on our Dehler 35 would probably have proved difficult even for Olga Korbut in her gymnastic heyday! Dunno why they fit them - probably so they can list it on the 'standard equipment' list as yet another feature.

Shurflo pump also has the capacity, and re-routing pipework should be simple.

Alastair