DIY Seacock Replacement (Short Version) | ⛵ Sailing Britaly ⛵ [Boat Work]

In this video we show you exactly how we replaced all of our 26-year-old seacocks. (A.K.A. thru-hull fittings) This is a ‘Boat Work’ video and is intended to be informative, rather than entertaining… SUBSCRIBE! ➜ http://bit.ly/SBYouTube⛵

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Through-hull assemblies and their associated plumbing are the number one reason that boats sink. Standard brass fittings installed by some manufacturers, or added by owners, are subject to dezincification and can fail catastrophically. This can sink a boat very quickly.

https://youtu.be/lGxisXPIxqw The #1 Reason that Boats Sink

Bronze seacocks are not immune to problems as some models have standard brass valve stems, which can suffer from dezincification and then fail, rendering the valve inoperable.

In order to avoid these problems we replaced all our through-hull assemblies with DZR Brass fittings and this video shows you exactly how we did it. We cover every step of the job.

If you want to see a longer version of this video with even more detail and extra information included, you can watch it here: ➜ https://youtu.be/9bV1rqqvw-k

Here are some interesting reads for those who would like more information on this vitally important subject:

Seacocks PDF: ➜ https://trip.ayy.fi/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/Seacocks.pdf
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Brasses & Bronzes as underwater fittings ➜ http://coxeng.co.uk/metallurgy/brasses-and-bronzes/

Random Harvest Marine Accident Investigation Branch Report PDF: ➜ https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/547c7179ed915d4c0d000131/random_harvest.pdf

Here is the datasheet for the DZR valves that we installed on our boat: ➜ https://media1.svb-media.de/media/snr/500981/pdf/datasheet_2016-11-24_15-39-03_14d6fbc4383edc31fc981e471f325d33.pdf

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