Stephen Wylie is getting some replacement hawse pipes made, as you know. I still feel that the cast bronze ones are superior as hawse pipes, but on my boat they were also used as scuppers. With regard to that application, as there would presumably be less wear and tear, are the original design brass ones adequate? I am tempted to order some as I expect they are easier to install and, as you know, the cast bronze replacements are no longer available. 

Frank Scalfano wrote: Stephen Wylie is getting some replacement hawse pipes made, as you know. I still feel that the cast bronze ones are superior as hawse pipes, but on my boat they were also used as scuppers. With regard to that application, as there would presumably be less wear and tear, are the original design brass ones adequate? I am tempted to order some as I expect they are easier to install and, as you know, the cast bronze replacements are no longer available. 

Frank

The spun brass ones will work fine, but they are subject to wearing through when the mooring lines rub on the brass, and they will also start to crack after a number of years.  However, they should be good for at least 10 to 15 years.  Remember, the original ones are now about 35 to 40 years old.

There were some of the original ones spun from stainless steel, and those would probably last much longer.  Maybe the shop that is making them for Stephen can spin them from stainless rather than brass.