Follow along with the video below to see how to install our site as a web app on your home screen.
Note: This feature currently requires accessing the site using the built-in Safari browser.
Thank you very muchFrom where I'm sitting, it looks like a good find.
If you're lucky, that "hole" measures 1¼" in circumference. (Which means you won't have to remove the old and degraded metal- or plastic- "bailer" parts).
If you want to go sailing tomorrow, go to NAPA, and buy a $4.50 expandable "freeze plug". Install with the big washer inside the cockpit. Picture:
Look at this Bailer! Weird! | SailingForums.com
Given adequate time, there are two other choices:
1) Go to a forum online advertiser, and buy a replacement "plastic bailer". Starting with a fresh bailer, you'll need every piece (~$45), so I wouldn't try to economize with fewer/degraded parts.
I think the big rubber O-ring that the instructions tell you to install outside/underneath functions as a shock absorber, so keeping it installed reduces the chances of experiencing a bailer fracture and eventual disintegration
2) If at all "handy" with hand tools—locate, retrofit, and install the old-style DePersia metal bailer.
Restoring Metal DePersia Bailer with Plastic Bailer Parts | SailingForums.com
"Rigging" is especially important. Strongly emphasized with an arrow (below)—as it took me two years to discover it start here:
View attachment 22279