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Head, Repair/Replace/Maintain, Stainless, Water

Sources for deck caps for waste, fuel, and water

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Several captains have suggested the following sources for replacements of the stainless caps to the various tanks.  Most of the sources below require you to buy the whole fitting.  Defender sells just the cap.  To me, the chains are dangerous and just beg to have the cap go over the side. JMO.

This source sells just the cap without the rest of the unit:

http://www.defender.com/product3.jsp?path=-1|7504|2290180|2290181&id=191806

The rest of these sell just the whole unit:

This one includes it’s own “key” integrated into the cap:

http://www.scandvik.com/index.cfm/method/Shopping_Products/CatId/292/ID/351.htm

Catalina Direct:

http://www.catalinadirect.com/index.cfm/product/1125/deck-pipe-waste-stainless-steel.cfm

Marine Parts Depot (this is just one of the fittings, i.e. for Diesel)

http://www.marinepartdepot.com/new316ststde2.html

Westmarine

http://www.westmarine.com/buy/perko–fuel-water-unmarked-fills-for-pipe–P010729861

 

 

 

 

 

 

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2008, Customizations, Dinghy Davits, Mainsheet, Repair/Replace/Maintain, Stainless

Caution- Davit Stress Corrosion

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Caution- Davit Stress Corrosion
Richard Herbst
February, 2008 Hull #: C380 #93

According to Keith at Kato Marine (katomarine.com, 410-269-1218), earlier models of their davits were built using 304 stainless steel (including early 1998 when my boat, hull #93, was built). If they are continually stress-loaded (i.e., carry the dinghy all the time on the davits) while used in the tropics or similar climate, they may develop stress corrosion (i.e., cracking) of welded joints. If stress corrosion is evident, his advice is to have a qualified welder re-weld it and, in addition, add a gusset (about 1-inch triangular piece of filler metal) on each side of the broken weld. The gussets provide extra insurance against joint failure; it is impossible to know what is going inside the tubes by way of additional deterioration. For the same reason, Kato also suggested not drilling holes in the davits [eg: for wiring].

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