• Apr , 26 2020

Boating Advice: Seacocks lead to sinkers The Surveyor offers expert advice about seacock maintenance, avoiding sunken boats and insurance cover The humble seacock, stop cock, gate valve or ball valve is one of the most important items on the vessel and it is the last line of defence for keeping large amounts of sea water from flooding your vessel. So why is it the lowest on many boat owner’s maint...

• Apr , 29 2020

Never forget: the lowly seacock is all that stands between the sea and your boat Clearly, with any device that penetrates the hull of a yacht, the choice of materials, design and method of installation is paramount to the safety and integrity of the vessel. Plenty of boats have been lost due to corroded through-hulls and seacocks, either through electrolytic breakdown of the material itself or by ...

• Jun , 02 2020

Is the China-US trade war a challenge or an opportunity for China's yacht manufacturing industry? During the Sino-U.S. Trade war, after the United States added a tariff of US $ 200 billion in goods, China added an additional US $ 60 billion in tariffs on goods. As you come and go, the tax-increased products include many yacht-related products, including whole ships and machinery. , Spare parts, et...

• Aug , 25 2020

CARING FOR MARINE SEACOCK VALVE Considering the excitement a failed seacock can generate, the lack of attention they typically receive is almost criminal. Tucked away in the dim recesses of your bilge, seacocks typically don’t get a second thought with regards to preventative maintenance or inspections – until they fail to operate or even break off in your hand during operation (it happens, I’ve s...

• Aug , 25 2020

Seacocks are present to shut off the flow of water from or to items of plumbing aboard the vessel. There are three types of marine bronze seacocks: ① the gate valve type, which is like the domestic plumbing type with a red wheel, which is turned clockwise to close; ② the ball valve type, which is preferred by many and has a lever to operate a chrome-plated bronze ball; ③ and th...

• Dec , 14 2020

Why the stainless steel ball of the seacock corroded again and again? Have you ever feel helpless when some of the boat parts corroded faster than ever before ? Even you could not figure out what is exactly happened to your loved boat at last, the stainless steel parts, ball valves and the other parts which can be saw or not are corroded and replaced from time to time, but there is none of the sol...