[Public-list] Thru Hull Questions

[Mike Lehman]

Peter,

You can buy screw on bronze caps . Just remove the valve and cap off the 
thru hull. Later you may want to use them again.



Mike Lehman
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----Original Message Follows----
From: Peter Staehling <staehpj1 at yahoo.com>
Reply-To: Alberg 30 Public List -- open to all <public-list at alberg30.org>
To: Alberg 30 Public List -- open to all <public-list at alberg30.org>
Subject: [Public-list] Thru Hull Questions
Date: Sun, 20 Nov 2005 13:45:13 -0800 (PST)

I have a few questions about the thru hulls for the
head and for the bilge drain plug.

I have pretty much decided to go the porta potty route
rather than install a tank.  I figure that the  6.2
gallon Thetford will go almost as long between
emptyings (or maybe even as long) as a 12 gallon tank
and a marine head since each flush uses a lot less
water than a marine head.

So that means there are two thru hulls that I no
longer need.  So what is the sensible thing to do?
Just plug the hoses?  Take out the thru hulls and put
in some kind of plug?  Or remove them and glass the
holes shut?  Something else?

When the boat was pulled, the flange/plate that the
bilge drainplug screws into was weeping.  I assume
that I should remove it (three screws), clean it and
the hull where it attaches, and apply some kind of
sealer before reattaching it.  Assuming that is the
right thing to do, what kind of sealer should I use?
It seems like it needs to be something pretty tough
since I really had to crank on the plug to remove it
and broke the seal even more.  It was weeping quite a
bit by the time I got the plug out.

Pete Staehling
Aurora #554




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