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Nauta Water Tanks Installation | Installment 2
April 3, 2025 · 3 min · 262 views · La Paz
What this video covers
Compartments, bulkheads, and floors for Nauta water bladder tanks are now fabricated and fitted in the bilge of the boat featured on Sailboat Magazine.Watch The plywood panels are screwed with stainless steel screws into ledgers that are bolted through the bulkhead and epoxied in place; the panels are scribed to the bilge shape and contact the hull only at the sides.0:16 If squeaking develops at those contact points, 3M 4000 sealant will be applied.0:53 The bladders themselves are oblong when full and sit in the compartments with grommets at their corners; small fiberglass corner pieces will be epoxied and possibly glassed in, then through-bolted with washers to secure those grommets.1:29 A top ledger, epoxied and bolted on both sides, will cap each compartment and lock the bladders in place.2:46 Valve placement — whether below or above that top — remains undecided; the plan is to attach hoses, fill the bladders to observe their full shape, and then finalize the corner block and top layout.2:59 Filling the bladders before cutting the corner block positions is the recommended sequence to avoid misalignment.3:17
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