I am ordering parts and soon will do this installation and wanted to thank 
everyone for their input.  I also wanted to clarify that I was not doing this 
in order to winterize the engine.  Like others, I do that by pulling antifreeze 
from a bucket on the ground with a hose running to the seacock under the boat.  
What I was actually trying to do is create a way to unplug the engine raw water 
intake if something gets pulled up into it.  I have had two occasions of 
grass/seaweed/plastic bag getting pulled into the intake while motoring and 
having to dive under the boat to clear it.  Fortunately the conditions and 
water temperature were not a problem, but I wanted a better way to solve this 
problem without diving.  With the Tee fitting on top of the seacock, I can run 
a thin fiberglass rod down through the seacock to clear it from inside the 
boat.  Fingers crossed this works as planned.  Dave

David Knecht
Emeritus Rear Commodore/Thames Yacht Club
Emeritus Professor/University of Connecticut
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