Kelpie
Well-known member
Isn't part of the reason for using softwood bungs that they will swell up a bit and become a more secure fit?
Yes, but you still want the bung adjacent to the skin fitting to start with. Looking for them in a cockpit locker while the sea pours in is not ideal!Isn't part of the reason for using softwood bungs that they will swell up a bit and become a more secure fit?
I think I could probably manage that....And they do not have a hole drilled to take the lanyard that you need to hang them on the skin fitting.
I’m sure that most of us do it, but at the price for a plastic bag of assorted softwood plugs, nicely tapered, one might hope that the holes for the lanyards would be pre-drilled!I think I could probably manage that....
Hear hear !In many applications for many reasons you need to think outside the box. Many ideas are outdated its good to explore options. One's thoughts then tend to be focussed and brain storming (call it a forum) is as good a vehicle as any to explore the idea.
I admire people who are willing to test boundaries - that's how we learn and develop. Sadly this idea did not gain much traction - if good and novel ideas came easily ....
Jonathan
I’ve 11 of them below or close enough to the waterline to be immersed when heeling and apart from one very silly incident I think they are well worth having for the convenience.Hear hear !
All my boats had bilge pumps that emptied above the waterline.
I used to crew on a very old and long wooden boat that needed pumping every time anyone visited it. It pumped the water onto the deck and thence over the side.
I don’t like holes in boats (below the waterline)
Counting the stern gland, echo sounder and log we’ve got 18 through hull fittings below the waterline plus six above the waterline. They’re all bronze with bronze or DZR valves below the waterline and all double clipped and maintained. I sleep very easily.I’ve 11 of them below or close enough to the waterline to be immersed when heeling and apart from one very silly incident I think they are well worth having for the convenience.
I raise mine to 14 with your additions and the major leak incidents then to two after a stern gland leak a couple of years ago.Counting the stern gland, echo sounder and log we’ve got 18 through hull fittings below the waterline plus six above the waterline. They’re all bronze with bronze or DZR valves below the waterline and all double clipped and maintained. I sleep very easily.
We used to have 14 but we added a generator and a watermaker. Our generator has a water separator that discharges below the waterline. Dry cooled exhaust gases through a fitting above the waterline. (Makes it super quiet.) Another five holes in the hull. We’re obviously in mortal danger… (I’ve realised I miscounted and the 18 in my previous post was wrong.)I raise mine to 14 with your additions and the major leak incidents then to two after a stern gland leak a couple of years ago.
Have you found you need a generator in the Caribbean. So far our solar has been plenty.We used to have 14 but we added a generator and a watermaker. Our generator has a water separator that discharges below the waterline. Dry cooled exhaust gases through a fitting above the waterline. (Makes it super quiet.) Another five holes in the hull. We’re obviously in mortal danger… (I’ve realised I miscounted and the 18 in my previous post was wrong.)
We use It occasionally (yesterday it was for Mrs M’s hair dryer curler thing) and we’re thinking of adding a microwave. We have some more solar on order to go with the current two on the rail but even now our existing panels just about keep up. We’ve more panels on order but apart from the Bimini we’ve nowhere else to put them.Have you found you need a generator in the Caribbean. So far our solar has been plenty.
Can't wait to see the Youtube video.....We use It occasionally (yesterday it was for Mrs M’s hair dryer curler thing)
Like Neeves mentions we have a bunch of flexi panels we put on the rails - in fact as they were fairly cheap we used them as dodgers on the crossing. But hairdryers are not a thing although I’d love to be able to run microwave and induction hob and definitely can’t on solar alone.We use It occasionally (yesterday it was for Mrs M’s hair dryer curler thing) and we’re thinking of adding a microwave. We have some more solar on order to go with the current two on the rail but even now our existing panels just about keep up. We’ve more panels on order but apart from the Bimini we’ve nowhere else to put them.
I know people will say ‘use an inverter’ for all these 230v things but I like redundancy. For example we’ve got four different ways to charge our batteries.. (main engine’s alternator, Superwind generator, diesel generator & Solar)
We’ve been married nearly 40 years.Like Neeves mentions we have a bunch of flexi panels we put on the rails - in fact as they were fairly cheap we used them as dodgers on the crossing. But hairdryers are not a thing although I’d love to be able to run microwave and induction hob and definitely can’t on solar alone.
Quid pro quo...If Mrs M says she needs a hot brush, then hot brush is what she gets.
My above waterline outlets all have seacocks - they never get turned off!Is it normal practice to fit cocks to above the waterline bilge pump discharges?
None of the three yachts I have owned had them.