It opens and closes with a throttle lever
Issue 110 : Sept/Oct 2016
I’m one of those sailors who likes to keep seacocks closed when they’re not in use. My problem was that the inlet valve for the head in my Crown 28 is buried deep in the forepeak locker. This made it nigh impossible to expect anyone other than myself to close it after using the head. My solution? A remote push-pull throttle-cable assembly designed for an outboard motor.
I mounted the throttle-lever housing on the bulkhead next to the head and routed the cable through the forepeak locker to the seacock handle. It was pretty simple to attach the end of the cable to the handle so the seacock could be opened and closed from the bulkhead mounted lever. Voilá! Now there’s no excuse for leaving the seacock open.
Once a year or so I dab a bit of grease on the assembly to keep things moving smoothly. It’s been working well for 10 years.
Andy Vine learned to sail in his native UK and is still hooked on sailboats more than half a century later. He now lives on Cortes Island, British Columbia, where he keeps his 1974 Crown 28, Gwyneth, on a mooring within minutes of Desolation Sound.
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