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Forum: General Sailing Forum

21-04-2016, 11:02

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Hull designs .... questions

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Posted By Dockhead

Re: Hull designs .... questions

Through hulls are pretty safe. But they do fail, and they often fail in ways which you could not prevent with all the inspections in the world. Hoses just split sometimes. Less likely when they...

Forum: General Sailing Forum

21-04-2016, 07:53

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Hull designs .... questions

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Posted By Dockhead

Re: Hull designs .... questions

They're not exactly the same -- a sea chest is like a standpipe but with multiple connections. Like a manifold. And usually much larger in diameter. Which makes me a bit nervous.

Many metal...

Forum: General Sailing Forum

21-04-2016, 05:14

Replies: 31

Hull designs .... questions

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Posted By Dockhead

Re: Hull designs .... questions

Yes, good point, I had forgotten about those.

They need to be really, really sturdy, though. If you break one off, you're in trouble. Also there is a siphon risk, and that is a puzzle for things...

Forum: General Sailing Forum

21-04-2016, 02:34

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Hull designs .... questions

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Posted By Dockhead

Re: Hull designs .... questions

Absolutely right.

We have to manage different risks -- sometimes small risks of very bad things happening. Sinking is one, gas explosions another good example.

Many people don't really...

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