Fish tail drain plugs

Hightower · 20 May 2005, 10:30

Were can I get a couple of these? I searched all my local agents and had a look online, but can't find anywere!

Andy

Scary Des · 20 May 2005, 10:43

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Originally Posted by Hightower

Were can I get a couple of these? I searched all my local agents and had a look online, but can't find anywere!

Andy

Do you mean these

Des

nugent · 20 May 2005, 11:00

think he means the trunk that is self closing on the end,,
henshaws do em i beleive looks like a fish's tale.

nugent · 20 May 2005, 11:02

bit like this me thinks??

Scary Des · 20 May 2005, 11:05

They are generally called elephant trunks

do you get elephant fish

Des

Scary Des · 20 May 2005, 11:06

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Originally Posted by nugent

bit like this me thinks??

That was fast

did you draw it

Des

Louise · 20 May 2005, 11:08

See under 'accessories': www.henshaw.co.uk

nugent · 20 May 2005, 12:11

yip i stole it.

many thanks henshaw, please send my sales remittance in the post

Hightower · 20 May 2005, 13:03

It's not an elephants trunk in the cense that is used to remove deck water, but for the drain plugs at the very bottom of my rib.

They replace the bung and have a profile like a flatfishes tale, a sort of mini elephants trunk I suppose, but made from soft rubber like is found on drysuit cuffs.

Andy

Scary Des · 20 May 2005, 13:15

These then

Scary Des · 20 May 2005, 13:17

Or these

Hightower · 20 May 2005, 13:19

Not quite! I'll have to take a picture of the one on my bosses Honda 4 Stroke race boat......And before you ask.....He dosen't know were I can get one either

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jwalker · 20 May 2005, 13:42

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Originally Posted by Scary Des

These then

Or these...

Do you know what a fish looks like?

They are a through hull fitting terminated by a short rubber tube which flattens towards the end and the water pressure keeps the flat sides squished together so they look like a fish tail.

Sorry Hightower, I've not seen them for a while so can't help.

Scary Des · 20 May 2005, 15:03

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Originally Posted by jwalker

Do you know what a fish looks like?.....

No you will have to show me

I didn’t recognise the expression in association with a drain plugs

anyway they don’t look much like any of the fishes I’ve seen

how's the radiation up in your part of the world

Still back on thread, this is them (i think)

Des

nugent · 20 May 2005, 15:23

thats the beast i was thinking of. the end is normally cut ragged like a fish tail though,, well found that man..

Daniel · 20 May 2005, 15:26

Wayne Maddox Marine has 'em in his shop www.waynemaddoxmarine.co.uk or 01843 297157

Hightower · 20 May 2005, 16:25

Yeeha, we got there in the end, I'll give Wayne Maddox a ring and hope he knows what a fish looks like

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osprey__viper · 20 May 2005, 19:08

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Originally Posted by Hightower

Yeeha, we got there in the end, I'll give Wayne Maddox a ring and hope he knows what a fish looks like

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Got batter on it and comes with a portion of chips?????

Ay up Andy

Hightower · 20 May 2005, 20:37

Ay up ya self Pal

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You been out lately, any word on Ribex?

Nyarla · 21 May 2005, 08:40

No those are flap bailers which result in your Rib being full to the top of the fuel tank vent if you leave her in the harbour overnight.

Ok we left 8 cylinders and weight belts on board which probably didn`t help. We then invested in a damn big cork for future overnights.

If you remember to pull them up elephants trunks are in my opinion the best, though you can get very large fishtail bailers which leak very little. However most fishtails are very small and designed to drain the underdeck space, preferably into a well with a normal bailer or straight out if you are not going to leave the Rib on a mooring.

Remember to replace them with a bung if you are, because grit,seaweed, crap from the underdeck space will in the end cause them to stay open and you will have a soggy set of deck stringers.