There are a series of thru hulls on the aft port side of my Ericson 38. See photo below:
From left to right:
1. Cockpit drain
2. Propane locker vent
3. Shower bilge
4. Main bilge
5. Manual bilge
6. Exhaust
On the interior:
During the survey, the surveyor said some of these thru hulls were quality ones, while the others were cheap. Looking at the photos, I’m guessing he was referring to the far left and right ones being good quality (cockpit drain, and exhaust).
This weekend, I replaced the section of 1.5” hose from my cockpit manual bilge pump (Whale Gusher 10) to the aft thru hull. The original hose was cheap clear corregated vinyl, with white silicone gooped on and double clamped at both ends. The new hose I installed was noticeably loose on the barbed thru hull fitting, and I had to crank the clamps down hard to get it to stay in place.
I tested the pump last night by filling the bilge with water and manually pumping the pump. Unfortunately, the hose was leaking quite a bit at the thru hull fitting. I’m thinking my options are either:
1. Try to add some kind of sealant (silicone) at the hose connection to the thru-hull as before. Or…
2. Replace the thru hull with a more quality one, which the hose would hopefully fit on snugger, like on the cockpit drains (I used the same hose on those and they were hard to get on they were so snug).
Any thoughts? Is it difficult to replace these above the water line thru hulls?
Thanks,
Mark
From left to right:
1. Cockpit drain
2. Propane locker vent
3. Shower bilge
4. Main bilge
5. Manual bilge
6. Exhaust
On the interior:
During the survey, the surveyor said some of these thru hulls were quality ones, while the others were cheap. Looking at the photos, I’m guessing he was referring to the far left and right ones being good quality (cockpit drain, and exhaust).
This weekend, I replaced the section of 1.5” hose from my cockpit manual bilge pump (Whale Gusher 10) to the aft thru hull. The original hose was cheap clear corregated vinyl, with white silicone gooped on and double clamped at both ends. The new hose I installed was noticeably loose on the barbed thru hull fitting, and I had to crank the clamps down hard to get it to stay in place.
I tested the pump last night by filling the bilge with water and manually pumping the pump. Unfortunately, the hose was leaking quite a bit at the thru hull fitting. I’m thinking my options are either:
1. Try to add some kind of sealant (silicone) at the hose connection to the thru-hull as before. Or…
2. Replace the thru hull with a more quality one, which the hose would hopefully fit on snugger, like on the cockpit drains (I used the same hose on those and they were hard to get on they were so snug).
Any thoughts? Is it difficult to replace these above the water line thru hulls?
Thanks,
Mark