I removed and replaced the receiver of the garboard plug last year just after I bought my boat Kalista (#1454). When I bought Kalista there was no garboard plug aboard (fortunately she was out of the water!) and I couldn't figure out how a plug would stay in the hole in the side of the bilge. Either there had been no threads in the hole or the threads had been filed down for some reason during the ten years she had been out of the water. Either way I was glad the plug had been removed because there was quite enough mildew inside as it was. Had there been a plug in the hole she'd have been full of water up to the bridge deck. I ground out the old receiver/hole and epoxied and screwed in a new one. The plug has a square head which accepts a regular 'wrench' (or you could use a 'spanner' or any number of less specialized tools in a pinch) so there's no risk of being unable to find a special tool at launch. The threads on the new one are standard tapered pipe thread (NPT here) and I used teflon tape so I have confidence in it not leaking. Since it's a standard thread, should the need arise I could substitute a plumbing fitting for the plug if I needed to. I considered glassing over it but don't think there's a need. If it ever seems Iike the boat will be in the water for a longer time I might put a layer of glass over the plug but only after protecting the head of the plug with something so that it doesn't become irremovable. Our sailing season is only about six months and then haul-out again and I want to be able to remove the plug for the winter. As an earlier poster stated, it's great to be able to remove the plug when the boat's out of the water so that any water that gets in can also get out. Can anyone tell me if the original garboard plugs were threaded in or was there another arrangement which remains a mystery to me? Thanks Carl in Toronto, Canada From: lewills30@...To:
AlbinVega@yahoogroups.comDate: Fri, 7 Mar 2014 01:04:26 +0000Subject: Re: [AlbinVega] Hull plug.
Hi There,I pulled the whole housing out, three screws and done. If those screws are damaged. Drill them out, epoxy holes and install new plug assembly. LarrySent from Windows MailFrom: marie marieSent: ?Thursday?, ?March? ?6?, ?2014 ?12?:?09? ?PMTo:
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Hi Guys,Talking about that, any ideas on how to remove one that seems to be blocked? And the crack of screws is damaged...thank you!To:
AlbinVega@yahoogroups.comFrom: dougpol2@...Date: Thu, 6 Mar 2014 14:55:06 -0500Subject: Re: [AlbinVega] Hull plug.
I would not glass the plug in. If you take the boat out for the
winter and you do get water in the bilge and it freezes there could
easily be damage. The plug will never fall out the most that can
Happen is a minor leak around the threads. I usely put a little
grease on mine before screwing it back in, in the spring before
launching. That will stop it from leaking and it does not have to be
tightened real tight. After some years of working in boat yards a s
a young man I have never heard of a plug causing any real problem.
Doug Po0llard
Albin Vega Sea Legs 2225
KK4YGO
On 03/06/2014 04:55 AM, Geoff Blake
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