Yes, it looks like somebody tried to seal it, in a VERY unprofessional way.Hi Everyone,
Here is the bottom side of my cockpit bailer. Just bought this little boat on Memorial Day weekend and am going over it. Installed a new bow handle already now looking at the bailer but I can't figure out what/why someone did with it. Looks like they tried to seal it up? When you first put the boat in the water about a half inch of water comes in the cockpit but it never fills up. Maybe I just need to replace it?
I hope that others will confirm this, but I do believe that a newfangled (plastic) bailer will fit just fine on any Sunfish, new or old.I looked on Yankee's website and it lists a complete bailer for 1972 Sunfish and later but I'm pretty sure mine is pre-1972. Does anyone make them for older boats?
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The bailer in my recently acquired 1973 boat is corroded into one piece also, going to marinate it with PB Blaster and let it soak for a few days. That stuff makes WD 40 look like salt water.
The thread is not reversed.Well I had a perfectly functioning bailer till I tried to unscrew the top to put on a new cap. The plastic bolt head broke. I could leave it as is and just push the cap in when needed or try to fix. Can anyone confirm that the threads are not reversed?
I am not sure how I would have corrosion since mine is plastic. Boat is '76. Thanks.
Thanks..I finally got it. Will need a new bolt unless jb weld/marine tex can fix it. But rest of bailer in really good shape..the little ball is a bit shrivelled but otherwise it's in really good shape for almost 40 years old.T
The thread is not reversed.
I hypothesize that age got the better of the plastic bolt.
One can buy just the bailer cap (at places like APS).Thanks..I finally got it. Will need a new bolt unless jb weld/marine tex can fix it. But rest of bailer in really good shape..the little ball is a bit shrivelled but otherwise it's in really good shape for almost 40 years old.
A few weeks ago I sailed in a borrowed early 00s boat and learned what a functional bailer is like. Spoiler alert: functional. Any idea where I should start looking for my problem? Little ball? Black gasket collar thing? I need to do research and attempt a repair.
Did you break off one or more of the "ears" of the bolt? I've done that, and continued with the old (plastic) bailer. (The way it was).Well I had a perfectly functioning bailer till I tried to unscrew the top to put on a new cap. The plastic bolt head broke. I could leave it as is and just push the cap in when needed or try to fix..."
Yep exactly. I was fixing some chips with marine tex and for the heck of it, tried it on the plug. It actually worked..I just put it back in.Did you break off one or more of the "ears" of the bolt? I've done that, and continued with the old (plastic) bailer. (The way it was).