Deck plugs

[ianfr]

I fitted one of these three or four years ago. http://www.saltyjohn.co.uk/cableport_boat_product.htm

Absolutely brilliant!

Ian

 

[Len Ingalls]

I fitted one of these three or four years ago. http://www.saltyjohn.co.uk/cableport_boat_product.htm

Absolutely brilliant!

Looks interesting. Like a dorade. No leaks in driving wind/rain? / Len

What is a swan neck. I speak Cdn English & some UK terms are lost on me.
Would it be a plumber's S trap? or similar. Are they commercially available or do you make them from plumber fittings? / Len

Ian

 

[MarcJ]

This is the beastie! http://www.piplers.co.uk/piplers-swan-neck-cable-gland-polished-stainless-steel

 

[ghostlymoron]

Neither this nor the salty john item have a gland to exclude water if submerged as far as I can see. I'll stick with my Bulgin/Vtronics.

This is the beastie! http://www.piplers.co.uk/piplers-swan-neck-cable-gland-polished-stainless-steel

 

[Len Ingalls]

This is the beastie! http://www.piplers.co.uk/piplers-swan-neck-cable-gland-polished-stainless-steel

Thank you! Looks good. I haven't seen one of these advertised over here yet.
I have seen similar on commercial vessels made of plain steel or ABS/PVC plumber fittings & they work fine.

 

[ianfr]

No water has ever got through so far. It is strong enought to stand on.

Fit and forget

 

[ianfr]

Neither this nor the salty john item have a gland to exclude water if submerged as far as I can see. I'll stick with my Bulgin/Vtronics.

The only way any water will get through is if the coach roof is completely submerged to a depth of a foot. We have had green over the deck, with no water getting below.

 

[Len Ingalls]

The only way any water will get through is if the coach roof is completely submerged to a depth of a foot. We have had green over the deck, with no water getting below.

+1 Tks

 

[ghostlymoron]

My boat is a trailable sailer rather than a trailer Sailer. I overwinter at home, launch in spring, retrieve in autumn I've not had a problem with deck plugs before.

I am right in thinking you are trailer sailing and regularly taking the mast up and down? Then I can understand the reason for using plugs. If that is the case then it would have been helpful for you to have said so then all the people on here urging you not to use them would have understood. However in a "normal" situation when removing the mast even once a year then glands (or swan neck) with connections inside are still the best solution.

 

[Tranona]

So, once a year to disconnect and connect. Still better to keep electrical connections below deck using either a swan neck or glands rather than plugs to take the cables through the coachroof. Can't see any benefit of plugs on a semi permanent installation.