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Would you change seacock valve 65cm below the water line whilst afloat?! It might not be as scary as you think. This valve body seized up (despite only being 3-4 years old) so I unscrewed it, popped in a wooden bung, bought a new one and screwed it on. The trick is to be prepared. I had all my wooden bungs on hand, covered any electrical equipment and was ready for the worst case scenario. Fortunately, because it was a fairly new fitting, it came undone relatively easily and the job was pretty straight forward 😊💦 And what’s the worst case scenario I was prepared for? The worst case scenario is the thru hull fitting itself breaking off when I attempt to unscrew the valve. What would I do about it? Just tap in one of my many wooden bungs and then arrange to get the boat lifted out! That scenario was quite unlikely but it helps to think through what could happen. What also helped me is that, from previous experimentation on another boat, we have pumps that I know could easily outrun the water coming in through that hole. An uncontrolled inflow through that fitting wouldn’t be good as it would spray seawater everywhere but it’s good to know that the pumps could cope. It’s always counter intuitive and panic inducing to see water flooding in to the boat and I know many people don’t like to pull out their paddle wheel log transducers for that very reason however staying calm and knowing that it would actually take quite a long time to sink through a 3/4” hole means it may not be as bad as you think. Always worth thinking what else could help. Whilst away, shopping for parts, I left Kate armed with cushions as well as wooden bungs as a cushion pushed hard over a hole will slow the flow enough that most bilge pumps would cope. Despite my previous experiments I was even surprised how little water we took on but the point is that, with a little thought and prep, changing a valve or pulling that paddle wheel so it doesn’t foul up needn’t be that stressful or require an expensive lift out. Luckily for me everything went super smoothly this time so no need for backup plans! It does get the heart pumping a bit when you haven’t done it for a while though! 😊💦 #followintrepidbear #sailinglife #sailing #sailor #liveaboard #sailboat #boatlife

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More than 90 Melges 15s are in Merritt Island, FL for the 2025 Midwinter Championship! Four races were completed on Day One in great conditions of 10-18knots! Follow melges15.com for more!

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Scanboat has been online since 1997 when we started as boat4you.dk and now 5.2 million annual visits, looking at 26 million pages Scanboat has achieved its position by developing the site for the benefit of buyers and sellers, but not least also by adapting to the requirements google makes to want to make web pages visible in their search. Therefore, scanboat today has a broad and very strong position as an advertising platform for used and new boats, both among users and google. As info, Google does not show ads from social media while that up to 50% of the traffic on targeted marketplaces, just comes through google. Social marketplaces can be equated with putting "for sale" signs on the boat only when the boat is out sailing while advertising on scanboat and other marketplaces that focus on buying and selling, is equivalent to you also have the sign on when your boat is lying still and quiet and people come by, by themselves. Hope it made sense and from scanboat to all of you, lots of success in getting your boat sold or finding your dream boat. If it is out there… then it can definitely also be found on scanboat. https://scanboat.com/en/boat-market/boats

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