mistralf39
New member
I was looking at the heads seacocks this morning and I'm a bit confused by them.
They are Blakes seacocks on a Trapper 501 and have presumably been on the boat from new (1982).
The thing that I'm confused about is that there doesn't seem to be a skin fitting on the outside of the hull. Inside there are the usual 4 studs with the seacock bolted to them but on the outside absolutely nothing, just a neat round hole. In fact all the skin fittings (heads, engine inlet, cockpit drains) are the same, No plate on the outside.
This is probably a stupid question but is this normal and if I have to change the seacock and the stud shears off how would I deal with that?
Ian
They are Blakes seacocks on a Trapper 501 and have presumably been on the boat from new (1982).
The thing that I'm confused about is that there doesn't seem to be a skin fitting on the outside of the hull. Inside there are the usual 4 studs with the seacock bolted to them but on the outside absolutely nothing, just a neat round hole. In fact all the skin fittings (heads, engine inlet, cockpit drains) are the same, No plate on the outside.
This is probably a stupid question but is this normal and if I have to change the seacock and the stud shears off how would I deal with that?
Ian