[Rhodes22-list] Gas Boot

[Bill Berner]

The first project I ever did on my boat was a gas line boot.  I had many
of the same concerns, and it took a major leap of faith to cut that hole
in the transom.

Anyway, I've seen them mounted facing both in and out.

I mounted mine facing into the lazarette.  Never had any water come
through in 4 seasons.

I bedded the boot with 4200 and through bolted it with whatever the
appropriate size falt head bolts were.

Used lock washers on the inside so that I wouldn't have to worry about
the nuts backing off from vibration.

It's been swell.  I even cut the hole on a rough day with the boat
bobbing on its mooring. :)

Good luck.  The first cut is not the deepest, as Rod Stewart said, just
the hardest one to make.

BB

Bill Berner
191 South Broadway
Hastings on Hudson, NY  10706

v 914 478 2896
f 914 478 3856


-----Original Message-----
From: rhodes22-list-admin@rhodes22.org
[mailto:rhodes22-list-admin@rhodes22.org] On Behalf Of Ware, Joseph W.
Sent: Thursday, August 08, 2002 7:17 AM
To: List Rhodes (E-mail)
Subject: [Rhodes22-list] Gas Boot

After our last discussion on the boot to run both the electrical and gas
line through for the outboard, I bought one from West Marine.  When it
arrived, I was unsure how to mount it.

Being concave, does it protrude into the transom, or out from the
transom?
Is there a plastic, or metal ring that attaches over the rubber boot to
hole
a good seal against the fiberglass?  The rubber boot has bolt holes that
are
countersunk, indicating that the boot would bolt on from the outside and
project out from the transom.  If I mount it that way, there is nothing
to
keep the boot flat against the transom, also the fiberglass edges would
be
exposed to the lines running through the hole.  Seems like it should go
on
the other way.  That is where I'm looking for the ring.  The only other
thought I had, was to mount it projecting in, and cover it with a
clamshell.

Boy, and I thought this was a simple task.

Joe
S/V Whisper

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