[C320-list] Whale Fitting for Aft Water Tank

[ptormey 4square.net]

I don’t know BUT you can convert PEX to Whale and back by inserting them into a rubber hose and clamping them. Your solution might be at Home Depot 😉

Pat
Pat Tormey
s/v Blues Skies
Newport RI

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From: C320-list <c320-list-bounces at lists.catalina320.com> On Behalf Of Mark Seyler via C320-list
Sent: Monday, November 13, 2023 12:12 AM
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Subject: [C320-list] Whale Fitting for Aft Water Tank

I had to remove my aft water tank from under the berth in the aft cabin, to clean the diesel fuel that ran underneath the tank from a pinhole in my diesel fuel tank.  The only way I was able to get the tank out was to cut the Whale fitting connecting the tank to the water line to the water pump under the galley sink.  

 

Does anyone know what Whale fitting I need to buy to re-connect the tank?
The fitting is an elbow with male threads on one side and a push-in connector on the other.  It looks to me like a tapered pipe thread, but all I see on line is fittings with something called "BSPP" or British Standard Parallel Pipe threads.

 

Also, has anyone replaced the 15MM water line from the water tank to the galley?  I'm thinking about replacing it while the tank is out.  But are there any hidden obstacles that I should know about before I try to pull the old line out or feed a new one through?  The line passes under the floor at the base of the companionway, and I don't see a way to access that area if the new line would hang up.

 

Any advice would be welcome.

 

Mark Seyler

S/V Reality, 

Catalina 320, #232

New Orleans, LA