Yesterday was a very productive day! Still have not completed a single project but we are making progress in that direction. In an effort to get the boat ready for launch I have been inspecting the through hulls and seacocks, I found four that were spinning and showed evidence of leaking. Of course even with the right tools I couldn’t separate the through hull from the larger seacocks so I had to resort to the dremel.
Even with the through hull wrench they would not budge so out came the dremel.
Once the seacocks were out I was able to wire brush them and lubricate all the moving parts.
The smaller through hulls in the bow came out with the wrench.
This one is not going back in:
I’m going to use something other than wood for a backing plate:
I cleaned this one up and will reuse it.
I bought new through hulls last night and will get around to installing them this weekend when Tanya comes down to the boat. Today I will continue with the remaining seacocks and what ever else is on the list. It’s supposed to be in the 70s today and fairly nice this weekend so I hope we can knock out a big chunk of our list.