A Freshwater System: What Does a Water Deck Fill Plate and a Handle Have in Common?

The answer is more fiberglass work! So the weather finally cooperated enough for us to get some more fiberglass work done and finish installing the handle on the companionway hatch, but most importantly we were able to fix and reinstall the freshwater deck fill plate and the new water intake hose for our new Vetus bladder fresh water tank. We are overhauling our Freshwater System from the Deck down. It was interesting to see what was behind those facia panels that hide the hull. If you like our videos, please subscribe to our channel. We are posting the entire series on our sailboat restoration of Reverie, our 1985 Pearson 34 Centerboard Sailboat. If you have questions, please post them on the comment section of this vide. Thank you for watching! Here are the time frames. Overall this project took 3 days to complete. 00:00 Introduction 00:32 Our new water hose 01:11 Removing the old water hose. Can you say "crispy" 02:33 Our Vetus Fresh Water Bladder Tank & Components 03:25 Out with the old vent. In with the New/None? 04:12 Finally....looking at the old hose 05:00 Installing the new hose 06:19 Handle & New Water Deck Fill Plate 07:21 Using a new Calking Tube 08:27 Preparing for handle installation 09:32 Challenges with new water deck fill, going back to the original 12:02 Companionway Handle Installation 14:40 Preparing for Water Deck Fill Installation 15:09 A little bit on my philosophy on refitting Reverie 17:27 Testing the seal on the new o-ring 17:58 Installing Water Deck Fill fitting 22:15 Connecting New Hose to Deck Fill 23:46 Wrap-Up And our sailboat restoration continues.