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I'll change your thread title if you want, Marty. Whatayawant?
Lazy expensive mistake
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How about "Oversight took week's beer money".
C lectric
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Lazy - NO
illness caused decision - yes.
Mistake - yes
But I question whether any of us would have expected a dry through hull to start leaking after being put back in the water. I have had my boat out for 2 months and the T.H.s did not leak afterwards. I know other boats with similar stories.
With a dry T.H. you would have had no indication of a problem.
I would question the caulking that was used. Boatlife is a good one but others may not be so good.
I also wonder about the hull side of the T.H. flange. Was it made with a recess in it? A good T.H. should have a flange recess that will effectively hold sealant in a doughnut producing an O ring of caulk. The recess needn;t be deep. That way even if the T.H. body was spun into a real seacock that doughnut should have held. I have seen many T.H. that are flat on the flange backside, not good as those can squeeze all or almost all the caulking out leaving no cushion.
The other thing could be improper preparation when done the last time.
Poor prep over rides even the best caulks.
So unfortunate, ill and a bit unlucky but not lazy.
illness caused decision - yes.
Mistake - yes
But I question whether any of us would have expected a dry through hull to start leaking after being put back in the water. I have had my boat out for 2 months and the T.H.s did not leak afterwards. I know other boats with similar stories.
With a dry T.H. you would have had no indication of a problem.
I would question the caulking that was used. Boatlife is a good one but others may not be so good.
I also wonder about the hull side of the T.H. flange. Was it made with a recess in it? A good T.H. should have a flange recess that will effectively hold sealant in a doughnut producing an O ring of caulk. The recess needn;t be deep. That way even if the T.H. body was spun into a real seacock that doughnut should have held. I have seen many T.H. that are flat on the flange backside, not good as those can squeeze all or almost all the caulking out leaving no cushion.
The other thing could be improper preparation when done the last time.
Poor prep over rides even the best caulks.
So unfortunate, ill and a bit unlucky but not lazy.
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C lectric ; they are the flat ones with no recess.
Eric; I'm feeling better thanks, but still dealing with this heart thing . I'm going for a second opinion on Tuesday . Having the back has been some good medicine.
Eric; I'm feeling better thanks, but still dealing with this heart thing . I'm going for a second opinion on Tuesday . Having the back has been some good medicine.
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they are the flat ones not tapered . I had tapered ones on my old sailboat .
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Aye, I was meaning on the mushroom flange that seals against the hull , on the backside that goes against the hull , the better T.H. have a slight recess that when caulked produces and holds a ring of caulk that is something like 1/32" thick that is not squeezed out of the contact area when tightened.
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Aye, I was meaning on the mushroom flange that seals against the hull , on the backside that goes against the hull , the better T.H. have a slight recess that when caulked produces and holds a ring of caulk that is something like 1/32" thick that is not squeezed out of the contact area when tightened.
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Yes, and I almost hesitate to say it, but it's possible, if the issue was just the time out of the water, that a few nips up of the locking collars from the inside, and leaving in the water for a while, might well have seen the leaks stop anyway, as with thru-hulls the caulking is probably a minor player in the water-tighness. But hey, $400 bucks, and now they are all newly bedded and shipshape in Bristol fashion.
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