About a month ago I switched marine insurance companies. The new insurer required that I respond to several items mentioned in the survey done the previous year. Several issues had already been resolved. A couple more were easily fixed, such as adding a few clamps that were missing from the fresh water system. But one item turned out to be a major project: seacock repair.
I had checked the seacocks at some point, but apparently not very carefully. Two of them appear to have failed open; perhaps the ball inside the ball valve dissolved. Without a way to close the seacocks a hose failure can sink the boat. Also there is no way to service the plumbing connected to the valves, such as the diesel engine’s seawater cooling system. The seacocks need to be repaired as soon as possible. Continue reading