tybee
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i have a 71 hull with the old style bailer. i'd like to dissect it to ensure its water tight integrity but before i do that, does anyone know where i could obtain the necessary gaskets for it?
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I doubt your fish would go to the deep end with a leaking bailer. I have sailed my boat with the tub half full of water because of a wave and it kept on ticking. Occasionally though, water leaks into the hull via the bailer hole/slot. To fix that, one has to remove the bailer.part of me agrees with the "iffen it ain't broke..." but a quorum is against merely throwing it into the water to see if it sinks.
what sort of gaskets would be inside that bailer, are they the same size as the ones for the new style bailer and will the new balls work in the old bailer?
I doubt your fish would go to the deep end with a leaking bailer. I have sailed my boat with the tub half full of water because of a wave and it kept on ticking. Occasionally though, water leaks into the hull via the bailer hole/slot. To fix that, one has to remove the bailer.
The metal DePersia cockpit bailers had two rubber gaskets about 1/2" wide and about 1/8" thick, One went on the bottom of the hulk and the other went on the inside of the cockpit tub.
I believe the plastic balls are the same size for the metal or newer plastic units.
Alan Glos