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What to look for when you check through-hulls, seacocks, valves, emergency plugs, tanks, saltwater strainer, and engine.
[SailNet, 18 February 2004]
ABYC standards and recommended practices are guides for the selection of materials, design, construction, and installation of seacocks, thru-hull connections, drain plugs, and other fittings that penetrate the hull at or below the maximum heeled waterline.
[American Boat & Yacht Council, Edgewater, MD, USA]
Brief list of safety questions about your gear, including PFD′s, fire equipment, fuel systems, ground tackle, safety equipment, stoves, electrical system, bilge pumps, through-hulls, and batteries.
[Nautical Know How, Inc., Stuart, FL, USA]
List of important features of a safe through-hull and seacock. Discusses installation "musts" and ideas for reducing the number of through-hulls. 3 pages with photos
[Sail Magazine, December 2000]
Grab bag of facts and commentary to help understand the various types of through-hull hardware, with information about maintenance and cleaning. Contains excerpts from hard-to-find bulletin board and newsgroup postings, as well as links to useful sites and vendor pages.
[Bill Dietrich, USA]
A boat owner recounts the steps involved in reducing the number of thru-hulls needed by plumbing multiple devices to each fitting. Includes his reasoning and a well-illustrated account of the work.
[The Bilge, USA]
Specific to the San Juan 23 but applicable to many small cruising boats, this article covers the conversion of a through-hull drain to a through-transom drain. It walks us through the various components of the system, including the cockpit floor fitting, the transom fitting, hose, clamps, and plugging the original hull holes.
[San Juan 23 Internet Fleet, USA]
Adjusting your stuffing box, checking the shaft coupling, checking seacocks, seawater hoses and clamps, locating bilge pump discharges properly, choosing bilge pumps, and coping with various types of leaks.
[SailNet, 22 March 2002]
Why a through-hull should be bolted to the hull, and where to get a good and affordable one.
[landlpardey.com, November 2002]
One above-the-waterline plastic composite through-hull manifold takes three hoses inside for filling multiple tanks.
[MarineEast.com, USA]
Electrolysis, Grounding and Corrosion
Sealants, Adhesives and Caulks
For those made of bronze, scratch some bottom paint off so that you can note the color of the metal.
Tom Wood
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