[Public-list] Cockpit drains above water line

[Pete Howell]

On Fri, 2007-03-16 at 08:51 -0400, Roger L. Kingsland wrote:
I've had my hoses both crossed and run straight.  I haven't noticed a
meaningful difference, but I don't get very much water in the cockpit.
Perhaps I should try some form of empirical testing, but I'm too lazy.

Pete H.

> At 3:00 AM, while I lie awake in bed putting the finishing touches on the 
> back porch/barbecue/dingy dock/sea anchor design, I thought, wait a minute, 
> if one crosses the cockpit drain hoses, won't water still regurgitate 
> through the leeward cockpit drain as long as the windward drain outlet is 
> under water?  If so, does the boat heel so much and/or are the cockpit drain 
> through hulls high enough that one is out of the water when the leeward part 
> of the cockpit is under water?  So little time to contemplate so many 
> irrelevant questions.
> 
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> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Gordon Laco" <mainstay at csolve.net>
> To: "Alberg 30 Public List -- open to all" <public-list at lists.alberg30.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, March 14, 2007 9:49 PM
> Subject: Re: [Public-list] Cockpit drains above water line
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> > Hi Don -
> >
> > I thought about doing that when I replaced my hoses and seacocks but
> > couldn't see an elegant way to run the hoses.
> >
> > G #426
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> >> Just another thought on this: If you want to stop the leeward side of
> >> the cockpit getting wet  because it gets below the waterline when on a
> >> heel,  (albeit not quite as far over as Gord, so that the cockpit drains
> >> over the low side), then a crossover of the drain hoses under the
> >> cockpit floor will prevent that. However, this configuration also makes
> >> it more difficult to get to the after end of the motor and fuel tank
> >> under the cockpit floor.
> >> Don
> >> #528
> >>
> >> Jim Davis wrote:
> >>> Just to throw a couple more thoughts into this.  Tight turns in hoses 
> >>> collect
> >>> debris.  Leaf and twig residue tends to plug them up.  Also shallow 
> >>> sloping
> >>> hose also collects dirt and other crud.  The water flow just isn't fast
> >>> enough to keep it clean.  The straight drop Whitby used is probably the 
> >>> best
> >>> from a practical point of view for getting rid of the water from the 
> >>> cockpit.
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