Seacock handle broke

[Bouba]

Yup I realise that. You are getting good advice here but ignoring it.


Your misunderstanding on this fire point is shocking. Jake has kindly explained in #187 but the fact you can't see it is a shocker (for the passengers in your boat, mostly).

Anyways good luck with the job today.

Thank you JFM, in fact I am not doing anything but follow the advice, if I can’t do it as a quick job then the boat will stay out the water until the new thru hull is fitted...but for that I need another pair of hands.
And I appreciate what you say about the hoses...but they are Beneteau factory fitted. I am relying on their experience and expertise to keep my family safe

 

[vas]

... and I have every confidence in what I am about to do

you are alone there mate!

the rest of the mobo forum is confident you're going to make a mess out of it

 

[Boathook]

@Bouba just carry on. I enjoy reading your many posts and that you manage to ignore good advice.

I believe that's it called entertainment ......................

 

[jfm]

...they are Beneteau factory fitted. I am relying on their experience and expertise to keep my family safe

OMG.

 

[jointventureII]

And I appreciate what you say about the hoses...but they are Beneteau factory fitted. I am relying on their experience and expertise to keep my family safe

Sadly, they'll be interested in whatever is cheapest.

It might not seem like a big deal as it has a small likelihood of happening but this situation came about (from what I can grasp) by a seized valve due quite possibly to corrosion which could have been avoided if the fittings had been grounded in the first place, so I'm not sure how much I'd trust Beneteau!

 

[jakew009]

Sadly, they'll be interested in whatever is cheapest.

It might not seem like a big deal as it has a small likelihood of happening but this situation came about (from what I can grasp) by a seized valve due quite possibly to corrosion which could have been avoided if the fittings had been grounded in the first place, so I'm not sure how much I'd trust Beneteau!

Ironically Beneteau used to run random ground wires all over the boat attached to any bits of metal they could find, but they realised that was electrically nonsense and stopped doing it.

 

[Refueler]

Blimey ... reading this thread makes some of mine pale into insignificance !! Reads like Trail by Combat !!

Me ? I'm often accused of cheap skating .. so I sit in the wait and see what happens camp on this one ...

 

[DavidJ]

Sorry @Bouba I couldn’t resist this one

 

[Bouba]

Sorry @Bouba I couldn’t resist this one

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Apart from the face, teeth and hair that is what I look like

 

[Seastoke]

Bouba I am flying out on Saturday I will give you a hand.

 

[Seastoke]

Just a question ,if you are not using a spanner on the through hull nut , why do you need two spanner’s.

 

[Bouba]

Bouba I am flying out on Saturday I will give you a hand.

Thank you for your offer !
Hopefully, one way or the other, my ordeal will have ended by then.....but believe me I will keep you in mind

 

[Bouba]

Just a question ,if you are not outing a spanner on the through hull nut , why do you need two spanner’s.

One to hold the innner nut of the thru hull steady....while the other is to turn the seacock. I haven’t ruled out making a tool for holding the thru hull from the outside....a tube with a slit kind of thing

 

[stelican]

One to hold the innner nut of the thru hull steady....while the other is to turn the seacock. I haven’t ruled out making a tool for holding the thru hull from the outside....a tube with a slit kind of thing

Is there a back nut on the seacock?

 

[Bouba]

Is there a back nut on the seacock?

A what ? Do you mean a locking nut on the thru hull ?

 

[Richard.C]

Hey Bouba, just thought I'd wish you good luck, hope it goes well, this thread has been mildly entertaining.

I now know how you've managed to rack up over 39000 messages in 8 years compared to my 426 in 10 years, I think you should get some kind of award!

 

[Bouba]

Hey Bouba, just thought I'd wish you good luck, hope it goes well, this thread has been mildly entertaining.

I now know how you've managed to rack up over 39000 messages in 8 years compared to my 426 in 10 years, I think you should get some kind of award!

Thanks Richard, I don’t deserve an award, the seacock coming off smoothly today and the Euromillions jackpot tomorrow is enough for my modest needs...I appreciate the kind words

 

[paradave]

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[Bouba]

And it begins…

 

[paradave]

Anyways

This is the biggest disappointment in the thread so far. I spend my life correcting my daughter on this and now JFM does it, a man demonstrably more successful than me.