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OK, great news, I think the oddball deck fitting mystery is solved. Have posted to the blog above for posterity. The 33-2 deck fills (and likely others of that vintage) were made by a New Zealand-based company called RC marine, which was bought (along with Ronstan in Australia) by a corporation called Fortuna, which went bust mid 90's. The RC product line/tooling (and maybe others) was bought by Forespar in California, and they continue to produce the same deck fills under their brand. They are not widely distributed, which has made them difficult to find, and the RC legacy, surprisingly, is not findable on the internet. In any case, the current Forespar Deck fills <http://www.forespar.com/products/boat-marine-plumbing-deck-fill.shtml> and associated spares are in fact the same pattern as the RC deckfills that have confounded so many boat owners. I have been assured that the current forespar caps are compatible with the OEM RC deck fills, and have an inquiry in to ensure the currently available pump out adaptor is also compatible. The thread is 1 1/2" BSP per Randy at Forespar. the discussion with Forespar has been posted to my Windstar blog. Dave From: CnC-List [mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com] On Behalf Of Dave via CnC-List Sent: August-19-16 16:46 To: C&c Stus List Cc: syerd...@gmail.com Subject: Re: Stus-List Oddball 33-2 deck fitting Visited the boat today and saw that the fittings were made in NZ by RC Marine, once, along with Ronstan, a division of the long-gone Fortuna (apparently not) corporation. These deck fills look an awful lot like those currently offered by Forespar, and I have an inquiry in with them. Maybe they acquired the line/tooling. Dave. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://cnc-list.com/pipermail/cnc-list_cnc-list. com/attachments/20160819/1fd94876/attachment.html> ------------------------------ Subject: Digest Footer _______________________________________________ CnC-List mailing list CnC-List@cnc-list.com http://cnc-list.com/mailman/listinfo/cnc-list_cnc-list.com
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