[C320-list] Ball valve under the sink

[Chris Burti]

FYI...a pair of desk drawer locks will work quite nicely to get the
holding tank valve legal...install one on each side of the compartment
cover so the lock ell turns under ledge of of the settee opening when
locked.

On Wed, Mar 16, 2011 at 7:48 PM, John Frost <john at frostnet.net> wrote:
> The handle mechanism on my holding tank thru hull came off and almost sank
> us. The entire mechanism cracked and came off and water shot in on a two
> year old boat. The resulting hole was very irregular and I had a heck of a
> time slowing the water entry. (A handful of play dough would have been
> wonderful)
>
> Post event, Forespar was helpful and shipped me a new one but said it had
> never happened before.
> I dug into it and they are properly certified to a tuff standard so I can't
> imagine there being a design problem.
>
> I chalked mine up to some unusual loading on the handle being induced by my
> zip tieing the handle to an adjacent hose to show that
> it was not dumping overboard. Nothing touches my handles now.
>
> Our story turned out fine because of a few good luck events.
> 1. I had finally gotten around to replacing my defective bilge pump the week
> before
> 2. Our marina's lift, which had been broken for weeks, had just been
> repaired
> 3. Our marina operator was sitting at the clubhouse with his cell phone
> ready to respond to my urgent plea to be ready for an emergency extraction.
> 4. My wife was ready to bring us in thru traffic at near full throttle while
> I fought the stream of water trying to fill the bilge
>
> By the way
>
>
> Happy Sailing!
>
> John
> 2007 C320MKII
> Hull 1118
> Guntersville, AL
>
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: c320-list-bounces at lists.catalina320.com
> [mailto:c320-list-bounces at lists.catalina320.com] On Behalf Of Richard A.
> Walsh
> Sent: Wednesday, March 16, 2011 4:17 PM
> To: C320-List at Catalina320.com
> Subject: [C320-list] Ball valve under the sink
>
> When at the boat last weekend had the handle break off.  I noticed on the 34
> web site that there have been problems with the forespar ball valves
> breaking off at the handles.  Has anyone else experienced?  When I called
> Catalina parts they informed me only had one in stock, which increased my
> consern.
>
>
>



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Chris Burti
Farmville, NC