Ideas for drains.

[jeffstevens763@g]

https://www.waveinn.com/nautical-fis...9152&country=u

i would just fit these or similar for a quick fix as said your rubber flaps are missing lot of crap in the boat too that doesn't help self drainers

[Wightdiver]

Originally Posted by Poly

Do you think that would work well with a much smaller whole than the trunk is?

The trunks would stop the ingress of water which was the original point, the draining would not be as quick as full sized holes cut into the transom but I can't see it being significantly slower then the current set up. Removing the current fittings would actually increase the flow rate?

[Devs Ad]

Thanks all.

I've bought a couple of expanding rubber plugs (quick cam-lever operation) to block these holes, and the electric bilge pump will take care of any excessive water ingress (from rain, etc), and then my intention is to get a small manual bilge pump and mount it on the transom, with the pick-up pipe sitting in one of these little 'wells'.

The electric bilge pump will take care of any large amounts of water, and the manual one will quickly get rid of the remaining inch or so that the leccy one won't pick up.

The purpose of these holes remains a mystery, tho', as we bought the boat new and it never had anything in there - they are simply open drain holes!

[Last Tango]

Originally Posted by Devs Ad

Thanks all.

I've bought a couple of expanding rubber plugs (quick cam-lever operation) to block these holes, and the electric bilge pump will take care of any excessive water ingress (from rain, etc), and then my intention is to get a small manual bilge pump and mount it on the transom, with the pick-up pipe sitting in one of these little 'wells'.

The electric bilge pump will take care of any large amounts of water, and the manual one will quickly get rid of the remaining inch or so that the leccy one won't pick up.

The purpose of these holes remains a mystery, tho', as we bought the boat new and it never had anything in there - they are simply open drain holes!

I've seen this kind of arrangement in sailing boat cockpits where the deck is notably higher than the outside water level and it stops the accumulation of rain water. I'd suspect you've got a design issue here where the manufacturer has miscalculated the difference between the deck and the water level once an engine is fitted and the boat loaded. Or, you've got water under the deck and the boat is sitting too deep in the water?

[Devs Ad]

Oh, that's a good theory, Tango.

It would certainly seem that the deck would be above water level with no engine fitted, as the drain plugs only just sit under water level with the motor in place, with the deck obviously at a slope towards the rear. So quite possibly a height miscalculation, not taking into account that an engine would always be fitted!

I'll check under the deck hatch too, just in case.

Many thanks :-)