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I noticed this was posted in Feb. and had no responces. How did you resolve it? I recently found some slight movement in the strut of my e27. I couldn't get access from above because of the fuel tank. I ended up drilling several holes from the outside into the flange area of the strut and...

Does your boat have interior hand rails? If so I'd say that the EXTERIOR rails are thru fastened to the INTERIOR rails. Not the other way around at least that's the way it is on my boat. The exterior rails have plugs that can be drilled out to reveal the fastener. Use a smaller diameter drill...

thanks for your time and your photos. THAT is a clean looking boat and from the looks of it I'd say you are the proud owner of a mahogony A-4. You say that each pump has it's on thru hull discharge. Why not double up with a "t" fitting and a check valve OR a ball valve ? How did you wire...

If you can post photos that would be great.,Thanks

I have a '73 E27 that presently has one 12V, 240 gph pump and would like to add a secondary pump as back-up. I'd like a 2000+ gph pump and would like to know what other owners have configured. I don't want to use the engine's waterpump diverted from raw water and I don't want to power an...

I'm leaning towards bronze hdwr vs plastic. The Forespar fittings are non-conductive, non-corroding, but I belive the maintainance schedule is actually higher than traditional bronze. The fitting should be operated once a month to prevent freezing and the fitting should be relubricated every...

seacocks have mounting holes for through bolting but this doesn't make sense to me on a fiberglass install. 1- any impact would pull the head of the fasteners through the hull. Even with the blocking. 2-you have more exposed metal [the heads of the fasteners] with very little surface area in...