[Public-List] Deck Drains on Liner Boat

[Gordon Laco]

I saw a good job done in the cockpit of a C&C Corvette (same vintage as our
boats) where the owner had replaced the stock drains with large heavy duty
stainless steel industrial sink drains.  The spigots were a full 1.5" and
the top flanges were nice and wide and flush with the cockpit sole.

Gord #426 SURPRISE




On 11/10/11 8:56 AM, "John Riley" <jriley at dsbscience.com> wrote:

> pat nolan wrote:
>> When I put a new engine in number 414 , the deck and cockpit drains were in
>> the way of the new exhaust . A bit of study showed that the whole thing had
>> been poorly thought out  and even more poorly executed , lines that could'nt
>> drain ,  excessive pieces of bronze fittings, and 4 feet of hose that sagged
>> and gathered dirt . I took out a few pounds of pipe and ran the cockpit
>> drains direct . I took an appropiate sized piece of hose and put it on the
>> deck drain and bent it to the hull in as sharp of a bend as could be made,
>> without kinking the hose , marked it and installed new thru hulls about 8"
>> above the water line. Cost was minimal as compared to thinking about all
>> those fittings below the water line.   Always simplify, les' pahts, m'o
>> betta'!
>> 
>>   
> 
> Thanks, Pat.
> 
> That's exactly the plan I was thinking about doing.



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