{Stus-List} Leaking Gate? - repair/replace?

[Frederick G Street]

Nate -- if your other "seacocks" have "plumbing type round handled  
shutoff valves," they are probably the gate valves and should be  
replaced before they jam at an inopportune time.  The one with a lever  
sounds more like a proper ball valve, and might be an Apollo ball  
valve.  Does it look something like this?

http://www.defender.com/product.jsp?path=-1|51|106370|813148|319675| 
860854&id=141984

Unfortunately, the Apollo's don't have the nut opposite the handle you  
mention; but they're also relatively inexpensive (about $35 for a 1- 
inch valve).  You might want to think about replacing ALL the  
"plumbing type" valves with these, if not true seacocks.

Fred Street -- Minneapolis
S/V Oceanis (1979 C&C Landfall 38) -- Bayfield, WI


On Jun 7, 2009, at 3:27 PM, Nate Flesness wrote:

> On my first shakedown cruise of the year (25-30 knots of breeze, 10
> knots - new record hullspeed), I just found a leaky head freshwater
> intake gate? valve on my freshwater 1980 30-1. It is located under the
> sink in the head. I say "gate?" because it has a lever with 2-3"  
> throw,
> unlike any other valve I've seen on my boat (plumbing type round  
> handled
> shutoff valves). The leaky valve is screwed into a thru hull which  
> looks
> to taper from 3/4" at the hull to 1/2" threads which go up into the
> leaky valve.
>
> The drips are coming from the valve itself, the end opposite the  
> handle,
> which has a 6-sided "nut" fitting. I tried tightening this as tight  
> as I
> dared, made no difference. Boat is now in the water (after a long
> winter), unfortunately a 4 hour drive away. Bilge pump currently  
> keeping
> up with drip drip easily......
>
> Two questions:
>
> 1. Can anyone tell me what I'll find if I unscrew the valve nut  
> (besides
> a lot of cold Lake Superior coming in)? Is there a chance I can
> grease/tighten this valve and it will fix the leak?
> 2.  Anyone know where to find a replacement or improvement?
>
> Many thanks as always for the shared knowledge on this amazing list,
>
> Nate
> "Sarah Jean"
> Conucopia, WI
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