[Public-List] Cockpit Drain Seacocks

[Rachel]

Hi Roger,

I was considering moving my cockpit drain seacocks so that they  
discharged out the transom; that's what engendered my thread about it  
back then. I thought I would turn to the list with my thoughts and get  
some feedback before I did anything.

Looking back at my notes, I think I calculated about 13" from the  
bottom of the cockpit (forward) to the waterline, but I am not  
positive about that, as my notes are a bit cryptic.  I was also going  
by the bootstripe and what looked like the traces of the actual  
waterline.

I will warn you that this query upset a number of people, and was what  
got me labeled as  "NEO-MARINE ARCHITECT" (for potentially wanting to  
change the original set-up).

I backed off on the idea and went with replacing what was there with  
better components.

Later, watching Yves Gelinas' film (for the umpteenth time :), I  
stopped it at a frame where he is relaunching in the Chatham Islands,  
and it's pretty clear that there are two scupper holes in the counter  
(above the waterline).  I bet they are for cockpit drains, and he did  
make it around the world in the Southern Ocean.  What I don't know is  
if they were supplementary, or if he put them in in place of the  
originals.  I did note that he still had the stock 1-1/4" bronze  
scupper drains in place in the forward end of the cockpit sole.  Of  
course I can't tell if those were routed to the holes on the counter  
or not.

Rachel
ex #221
On Nov 24, 2009, at 4:53 PM, Roger L. Kingsland wrote:

> Albergers,
>
> I have thought of installing larger, above water drains at the bottom
> corners of the lazarette bulkhead with hoses (w/ a slight slope  
> down) inside
> the lazarette and thru the part of the hull forward of the transom  
> that is
> above water (Gord, there must be a name for that part?).

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