Bail me out!

[jonmitch]

Ok, now I've got your attention, yet another stupid question.

I have one of those autobailer jobs with the golf-ball valve. Fairly crap but worked reasonable when the boat was moored in deep water.

I have now moved and the boat is on a drying out pontoon. Last year this led to the valve becoming clogged and the boat flooding with water overnight. Spent the rest of a very short season with a rubber glove stuffed with a rag wedged in the hole.

The boat is now antifouled, serviced and ready to go back on the pontoon. Do I

1. Buy an elephant trunk. If so can I easily fit it over the existing fitting
2. Buy a bung. If so what and where from? The hole is about 70mm.

In the meantime, where's that glove?

[CJL]

1) Consider fitting an elephant trunk over the ball valve.
2) Check out a builders merchant for an expanding drain blocker

Chris

[JABS]

Take off the whole assembly, or in my case, two of them and fit a round plate to blank it off!

The assy can then go back on, preserving the appearance.

They are a liability in my view!

[biffer]

they laek when they get dirty, soft wooden bungs on the inside will work fine

[9D280]

Heffalumps be the way to go.

Just try to get them as close to the floor as possible, or you'll end up with water that will need a proper oldschool bailer / sponge.

[jonmitch]

Cheers Guys!