Right after I bought my current boat, a Bristol 30, I hauled it and hired a guy from St. Lucia to help me do various repairs.
While I was working on the bottom, he was changing the saltwater inlet for the diesel. He climbed down the ladder and asked me, “Do you go to church?” I replied no. He then said, “Well, you should thank your god in some way for allowing you to motor 15 miles here without sinking.” He held out his hands and showed me the brass fitting someone had installed from Home Depot on the saltwater inlet. It had crumbled in his hands when he went to take it off. Yeo! Jack Brennan Former C&C 25 Shanachie, 1974 Bristol 30 Fort Lauderdale, Fl. From: Bill Coleman Sent: Wednesday, March 20, 2013 5:02 PM To: kenhea...@gmail.com ; cnc-list@cnc-list.com Subject: Re: Stus-List Springerizing the boat This, makes me wonder, has anyone ever had a Brass fitting in constant contact with salt water fail? Turn pink and disintegrate? Bill Coleman C&C 39 Most people disconnect the inlet and outlet of the water heater and jump those two lined together, bypassing the hot water tank when they put the antifreeze in. Assuming the drain on your hot water tank really drains the tank dry, that way you don't need to get any antifreeze in the heater at all, so no major flushing in the spring. You can buy a kit for this that installs permanently if you don't want to play with the hoses each spring and fall. Something like this: http://www.camco.net/Products/Item?prodID=10267#.UUohUhfZ44c Ken H. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- _______________________________________________ This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album http://www.cncphotoalbum.com CnC-List@cnc-list.com
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