F32 SEACOCK LOCATION

[DAVIDLOFLAND]

Does anyone know why Trojan would have placed the Port engine seacock so close to the shaft and transmission? I have to step up to a 1 1/2" from the existing 1 1/4" and there is not room to place a larger seacock in the same location. In fact, there is not enough clearance for the exiastion sea-cock.

So, choices are...

Block this seacock and drill a new hole?

-OR-

Remome this existing seacock and replace with short thru-hull -to- 90 degree elbow -to- ball valve?

Whaddya you guys think?

[comodave]

With all the work you are doing, I would remove that through hull fitting and glass the hole closed. Then you can put the new one where it actually works the best. I would not try to just make do. Think about servicing the seacock and the prop shaft in the future.

[Stripermann2]

Dang, mine isn't that close. It's well off inboard of the trans and shaft.
The Trojan workers must have installed yours on a Friday. Or a Monday...

I'd probably go the route of blocking and relocating.

[gettaway]

When I repowered our F-32, the port side seacock was in the same location, I didn't change the location because I kept the boat in the water during the project, however, I had planned to at the next haul out. I sold the boat before having the chance to move it, the surveyor that the buyer used is known in southern California as "The Deal Killer" , he never said a work about the location.

[P-Dogg]

WTF? Much to the delight of the next owner of my boat, I generally take the long view when effecting repairs and upgrades. I second relocating to a decent location. I presume that you already have the new seacock? The last thing that I would do, since it also constitutes prepping for the relocation, is to remove the existing seacock and double-check the clearance when you temporarily hold the new one in place.

On the other hand, the idea of the elbow and ball valve is not a bad one. If you could find one of these in bronze http://www.mcmaster.com/#ball-valves/=vjevrk, it would be an easy way to integrate a crash pump into your cooling system.

It is hard to tell for sure, but it looks like your seacock is located closer to the shaft than Gettaway's.

[DAVIDLOFLAND]

On the other hand, the idea of the elbow and ball valve is not a bad one. If you could find one of these in bronze http://www.mcmaster.com/#ball-valves/=vjevrk, it would be an easy way to integrate a crash pump into your cooling system.

Boat yard here recommends just that... thru-hull - 90 - ball valve, and I too thought of adding the crash pump (some sort of a T or Y and another ball valve). Functional, easy, cheaper and no new holes in the boat. I can't think of any real drawbacks to that plan, unless there's some safety factor I'm missing.