Tip #1 worked at once in the sense that after I had left the 'rapsolie' to work for two days, I was able to turn the valve axis with only a little friendly persuasion. I removed the hand-wheel and used a small spanner very, very, carefully - working it slowly backwards and forwards, a little at a ...

Your advice, maja, was excellent.
Today I have released all three seacocks using exactly the method you described.
Thank you very much for your help - it has saved me a lot of time, trouble and money.

Thank you once again for your most helpful advice - and be assured, your English is perfectly understandable. I now plan to do exactly as you suggest. Firstly your tip #1 and if that doesn't solve the problem, then tip #2. The boat is on land at the moment so I don't visualise any problems. The only ...

Many thanks maja for your quick and helpful response. I would like to think that I was as lucky as you with your original fittings but somehow I don't think I am. I can't turn the handwheels on any of the valves and fear for breakages if I use force. Based on what you write, I am going to dismantle ...

I am the new owner of an M26 from 1978. Can anyone please tell me if the yard that built these boats (also the IF boat) used brass or bronze seacocks for the cockpit and galley sink drains and engine cooling water intake? I understand that, due to de-zincification, brass has a life of less than 10 ...