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I wonder why they did not also fit the two additional Mini selfbailers, wouldn\\\'t have taken them much effort. And am pretty sure they also did not put in any tank airventing?

-All filling and emptying of the ballast tank is limited by adequate airventing of the tank. Loosening the main hatch is not enough by a long way -and not safe-, and having the hatch all open is ... having the ballast tank all open. -Compromises the safety and capsizing properties of the boat.

I agree it is a somewhat more serious operation. However, it needs to be done and if the yard doesn\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'t do it, there will be a boatbuilder near you who will do it for you, and in a jiffy.

There is a stencil for the cutout in the Andersen Mini box, you draw the outline onto the hull, drill a proper radius hole in all four corners and connect the holes using an electric jigsaw. You smoothe the cutout using a small drill with a router bit until the bailer fits well in. You then drill the fastening bolts through holes, and sink the holes underneath the hull.
Very important to seal all drill holes and coutout edges with one or two coats of Epoxy, and when you set the bailer in, use Sikaflex generously. Finally wipe off the surplus Sikaflex, ready.
The boatbuilder doesn\\\'t do it differently, only he does it quicker, and doesn\\\'t make mistakes.

It is not complicated or dangerous, but a mistake can be made, so I would really hope Swallowboats starts doing this for all its customers. It\\\'s an important improvement for the waterballast system of the plastic BRs. (The wooden BRs are different there.)

Colin, through the wonders of modern technology, here is another photo taken minutes ago by my wife while I am 1,000 km away.  It shows my Urchin installation and the three new bungs from directly above.  The non-functioning Super Mini can just be seen under the sail in the edge of shot on the right.

Claus, the Super Mini seems to be about 30cm from the centre line, which may not give me enough space to install a Mini on the outside of it.  My other option might be to remove it and replace it with a \\\"New Large\\\".  Like the Mini, this is externally mounted (and therefore presumably has the same advantages). The required hole is the same width as that for the Super Mini, but I would need to lengthen it by 20mm.

Claus

Good idea on the single self bailer for the time being; and good question on the positioning of the bungs.  I will see how I get on with the latter and if they prove inadequate, I may well end up with five holes instead of three!