seacock overkill, revisited

[cliff]

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I think the problem you have is that you seem to be a chronic worrier finding risk in everything even though little experience with the matter, whereas I (and I suspect Cliff as well) come from backgrounds making use of these materials (and dare I say it, do not see potential disaster in everything).

[/ QUOTE ]Eloquently put young man. /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif
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"Artificial intelligence is no match for natural stupidity"
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[Ships_Cat]

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[jim99]

I take it that the consensus, while not unanimous, is that I am unlikely to sink right away if I remembered to tighten the nuts /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif

Hopefully, for a while anyway, I will be better off than the many people now sailing around with rotten wooden bases between their seacocks and hulls, but time will tell. I myself have been shocked in the past when I removed ply bases, which looked fine with the seacock installed, only to find they were soft like wet biscuits under the seacock.

Sika's response to sarabande is interesting. I have no idea what the chemical composition of my boards are, but it will be educational to watch the long-term durability of Sikaflex (it was 291) in this environment. It certainly seems to adhere well, but again time will tell.

cheers

 

[misterg]

If you're curious about what the plastic is, there's a useful looking identification chart here. My money would be on the boards being High Density Polyethelene (HDPE). Anyway, PE or PP, I wouldn't give it a moment more thought. Either has got to be better than plywood.

(Oh, I did vote for option 4 above, though /forums/images/graemlins/tongue.gif)

Andy

 

[cliff]

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(Oh, I did vote for option 4 above, though
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Andy

[/ QUOTE ]Ther is always at least one........ /forums/images/graemlins/smirk.gif /forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif /forums/images/graemlins/tongue.gif /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif
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[Ships_Cat]

I voted for the beer but was very disappointed to see that there was not associated with that option the need for a full risk analysis before partaking.

Especially as it is well proven that alcohol degrades both fibreglass and crew - in abundance making them very sika (research carried out at the University of Seven Saints, Utah by Prof. Sarah Band, any quick google will turn it up).

John