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I am still "tuned in". I am glad you were able to get yours done.
This Summer I MUST absolutely disassemble, clean and reinstall four (4) seacocks on S/V Bali Ha'i. I intended to do it last Summer and well........ they never got done.
As anyone who has cared for a Cape Dory 25D can attest the sink drain seacock and the port side cockpit drain seacock are the two most difficult seacocks to get to on any Cape Dory sailboat ever designed or built. Mr. Albury must have been very mad that day at his naval design table or he was more diabolical than any one of us knows.
Fair winds,
Roberto
a/k/a Sea Hunt "The Tadpole Sailor"
CDSOA #1097
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Roberto, thanks! When the time comes, we will help you through it too.
My tips:
1. Wear long sleeves, because those pesky hose clamp ends will slash your forearms...ask me how I know
2. I found that wearing cotton gloves with the rubber palms to be very helpful.
3. I used the Spartan seacock grease and was glad -- splurge for their seacock wrench too
4. I should have bought a stubby 3/4 wrench for the bronze locknuts -- would have been easier in close quarters.
5. Definitely definitely give Mainsail's seacock article two more reads before diving in http://www.pbase.com/mainecruising/tape ... e_seacocks
1. Wear long sleeves, because those pesky hose clamp ends will slash your forearms...ask me how I know
You can buy hose clamp end covers Google "Clamp-Aid" (Amazon, eBay ...) or if you are cheap like me make your own with heat shrink tubing. I believe AWAB also makes them (see Hamilton Marine link below).
Sea Hunt Video wrote:I am still "tuned in". I am glad you were able to get yours done.
This Summer I MUST absolutely disassemble, clean and reinstall four (4) seacocks on S/V Bali Ha'i. I intended to do it last Summer and well........ they never got done.
As anyone who has cared for a Cape Dory 25D can attest the sink drain seacock and the port side cockpit drain seacock are the two most difficult seacocks to get to on any Cape Dory sailboat ever designed or built. Mr. Albury must have been very mad that day at his naval design table or he was more diabolical than any one of us knows.
My nomination for the most difficult location has to go to the CD27 starboard cockpit seacock. I believe the site was chosen by war criminals.
Mitchell Bober
Sunny Lancaster, (Where every day is a good day, but some are better than others.) VA
The worst one in the CD31 is the head inlet which is immediately aft of the raw water inlet for the engine. It's located in the head, under the sink. You can't see it while servicing it which is not a big deal. You can't get both hands on it at the same time which means you are must do an assembly balancing act with a well greased tapered cone while affixing the dog washer, flange nut, and jam nut. Every other one is pretty routine, meaning the discomfort to satisfaction ratio is acceptable.
The bleed screws can be purchased directly from Spartan Marine. I bought a handful as spares from them about 5 years ago. I seem to remember they were about $1/screw which seems high but they are the correct size and ordering was simple.
I hate to open old wounds or hi-jack this post but as was viewing the compass marine post for servicing seacocks for about the 10th time I couldn't help but notice that none of the seacocks have backing plates. This is in reference to a thread a few weeks or months ago about no backing plate vs wooden backing plates vs g-10 backing plates vs laid up glass backing plates.
Every other one is pretty routine, meaning the discomfort to satisfaction ratio is acceptable.