wingcommander
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Once left my galley sea cock open by accident. Admit to laying awake wondering if my sole boards were now floating. Was three or four days of sweating until my next visit. Newbie fever i believe
It’s supposed to. The vented loop goes between the pump and the toilet otherwise you’d just suck air in.The inlet pipe went straight from sea cock to pump.
Well the flush water pipe is already fitted when you buy the loo so the only available spigot on the pump is the water in from the thru hull.It’s supposed to. The vented loop goes between the pump and the toilet otherwise you’d just suck air in.
Just so long as they get moved every few months, or they might not be as available as you think.Last count we have over a dozen seacocks and most of them stay open all the time.
They’re available to be closed if there’s a need.
We close them both when we leave the boat. Both being the word that enables that to happen. We sail with the heads water inlet open and tank pump out closed. That one is only ever open to pump out at sea, that happens as rarely as we can manage. But our boat and it’s use seems vastly different to most here. Oddly, very similar to 95% of our club members and other sailors we know. A couple of week or more trips a year, and as many overnights 2-3 nighters and day trips as we can fit in. That changes the way things are set up. Our boat has to be secure to leave, she spends way more time parked than sailed.Are you really suggesting that I crawl under the companionway steps and stretch into the under sink locker to open and close our galley sink drain seacock every time I use the galley?
Last count we have over a dozen seacocks and most of them stay open all the time.
They’re available to be closed if there’s a need.
They do.Just so long as they get moved every few months, or they might not be as available as you think.
We live on our boat five of six months at a time atm. A bit different to how we used to use her.We close them both when we leave the boat. Both being the word that enables that to happen. We sail with the heads water inlet open and tank pump out closed. That one is only ever open to pump out at sea, that happens as rarely as we can manage. But our boat and it’s use seems vastly different to most here. Oddly, very similar to 95% of our club members and other sailors we know. A couple of week or more trips a year, and as many overnights 2-3 nighters and day trips as we can fit in. That changes the way things are set up. Our boat has to be secure to leave, she spends way more time parked than sailed.
The prospect of living on a Dragonfly 920 for 5 months is not enticingWe live on our boat five of six months at a time atm. A bit different to how we used to use her.
I shouldn’t laugh too much. I’m committed to helping daughter sail her Pandora 700 from Gosport to Plymouth next week.The prospect of living on a Dragonfly 920 for 5 months is not enticing![]()
We do a little better than that, a fortnight or 3 weeks is quite tolerable provided you do a marina every few days for a shower etc. The headroom is the most difficult if the weather is really bad. We have a great cockpit tent, but even so…I shouldn’t laugh too much. I’m committed to helping daughter sail her Pandora 700 from Gosport to Plymouth next week.
Chapeau to you. I’ll miss the comforts of our own boat. We’re calling it an ‘adventure’.We do a little better than that, a fortnight or 3 weeks is quite tolerable provided you do a marina every few days for a shower etc. The headroom is the most difficult if the weather is really bad. We have a great cockpit tent, but even so…
They do come with instructions telling you how to correctly fit them.Well the flush water pipe is already fitted when you buy the loo so the only available spigot on the pump is the water in from the thru hull.
I have test flushed with the loop and it works perfectly well
I have just fitted new hose to a jabsco pump. The decent quality vetus cream colour stuff. It went on easy. I used to jubilee clips with a note in the diary to retighten them in a month. Need a small ratchet to get them tight, not just a screw driver.Hi,
The pump unit on my jabsco sea toilet has failed. A replacement unit at £70 seems the way forward. While replacing this I think I’ll replace the hoses, too.
What’s the proper way to make the connections?
Warm the hose? 2 jubilee clips? Any sealant?
Any advice appreciated.
Yes, they can and do fail.Can you point to any evidence that clips actually fail in this application? or any boats that have been lost as a consequence? Do you really think that after all these decades of manufacture of worm drive clips manufacturers make unreliable products?
Just saying
I have met the occasional person who needs instructions on which way to face on the apparatus once installed. Thankfully, few sailors fall into that category.They do come with instructions telling you how to correctly fit them.