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Sea Cocks

I have been giving the sea cocks a bit of thought and realized that I don’t really know that much about them. So a bit of research was in order.

I found a lot of really good information on the web.

http://www.boatus.com/boattech/Casey/07.htm

http://www.diybob.com/diySeacock.htm

http://sailmagazine.com/blogs/peter-nielsen/seacock_installation/

http://www.geocities.com/earlylight160/SeacockMaint.html

http://www.cncphotoalbum.com/doityourself/seacocks/seacocks.htm

anatomy of quality seacocks.

The pictured sea cocks are Groco sea cocks which are considered top end and very pricey, as always you get what you pay for.

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If anyone knows what kind of sea cocks and what size were standard from the factory it would be interesting to put up here. Let me know.

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