Thanks, been using corks for several years, would like to screw in a plug and not worry about it popping out or needing corkscrew to remove it.I ordered the same thing once upon a time got the same results. Not
worth the trouble. You can get a plug from the plumbing section of
True Value hardware stores or order a Garboard drain plug online.
Wine corks work or you can just sail without the plug for now.
Thanks, I meant the drain plug (bailer) in bottom of cockpit.I do have the old style, metal screw-in deck drain plug assemblies. $10, shipping included.
Alan Glos
Cazenovia, NY
Thanks, I meant the bailer in the cockpit, not the drain plug on the deck.The older pre 1972 deck drain plugs were press fit into the deck with no flange. The screw in plug part bottomed out at the internal flange. Then in 1972 they added a flange and used the split pins to hold it onto the deck, similar pin that held the mast and halyard bases on the mast. The plug you purchased is the third style deck plug made of plastic. The only issue with this style is that it is not flush with the deck. Also as you found out needs a larger hole in the deck to be installed. You can make a bigger hole or buy a used deck drain plug. I have a couple of these. I prefer the new plastic ones as they are replaceable for cheap money.
"The 'gales of November' came early"?I have a new problem. Lake Michigan destroyed my Sunfish. Ripped the boat off my dolly, jammed the dolly up shore under trees, shattered the boat into many pieces. So I'm looking for a replacement part for my Seitech dolly. Not finding luck on line. Ideas? Also looking to buy used Sunfish, Door County, Wisconsin.
Thanks. Not sure what the proper name is, but I need the black plastic fitting that connects to the axle, just inside the wheel. The part I want slides over the axle, and then the vertical piece that holds the sling fits in from the top.I have some Seitech dolly parts. Mostly the T bracket. But also rubber handle sleeves, bolts and nuts.
I'm going to hang onto the drain plug for now, until I see what sort of new (used) Sunfish I end up with over the winter. Once I see what I get, I may have all sorts of bits and pieces to sell. Are sections of fiberglass really of use to boat owners? I was able to retrieve the entire deck, in one piece, from the lake bottom and maybe 2/3 of the hull, in half a dozen pieces.I could use the trim but if the boat was that
completely wrecked I'm guessing is pretty
bent up. How much you want for the
drain plug? Any intact section of the hull
can be cut out to repair another boat. Keel
section/bow section you list it and someone
here will need it. Sell for parts and you will
easily make enough money to buy another
one. Always someone needing a mast, I could
use a boom. You're sitting on a gold mine
of splintered fiberglass. Makes me want
to wreck my boat and sell it for parts. I'm
only 20 miles from the shore, Lake Michigan
do your stuff!
I believe that was the one part Diddy was looking for to complete the boat![/QUOTE][QUOTE="Webfoot1, How much you want for the
drain plug?
I could use the trim but if the boat was that
completely wrecked I'm guessing is pretty bent up. How much you want for the drain plug? Any intact section of the hull can be cut out to repair another boat. Keel section/bow section you list it and someone here will need it. Sell for parts and you will easily make enough money to buy another one. Always someone needing a mast, I could use a boom. You're sitting on a gold mine of splintered fiberglass. Makes me want to wreck my boat and sell it for parts. I'm only 20 miles from the shore, Lake Michigan do your stuff!
.You're sitting on a gold mine of splintered fiberglass. Makes me want to wreck my boat and sell it for parts.
I'm only 20 miles from the shore, Lake Michigan--do your stuff!
How can I order like 4 of these?I do have the old style, metal screw-in deck drain plug assemblies. $10, shipping included.
Alan Glos
Cazenovia, NY
I was wondering if you knew where I could get an old brass drain plug?Matt,
I am sold out of these old style brass drain plugs Sorry.
Alan Glos
Still have any?Thanks, I meant the drain plug (bailer) in bottom of cockpit.
Will this fit a 1980 Sunfish?I do have the old style, metal screw-in deck drain plug assemblies. $10, shipping included.
Alan Glos
Cazenovia, NY