Your reply to the guy with the sink filling reminded me: I should ask you about the seacock. I have a lovely bronze thru hull w/pipe thread on it (1") same as sink drain. I want to use a PVC ball valve on it for the seacock since real seacocks are heinously expensive. Can you think of a reason not to do this? PS Gen. Jack D. Ripper drank only grain alcohol and distilled water because of the communist plot involving flouridation 
preserve your precious bodily fluids!
preserve your precious bodily fluids!