[Public-List] Galley Sink

[Gordon Laco]

Me too, and a dry sink has led me into the habit of tossing my wallet and mobile phone ito the sink when racing on wednesday nights so I don’t lose them overboard by having them pop out of my pockets.

That works great, except when I forget to close the seacock… there we’d be happily blasting along on the beats with the rail kissing the water… and while tacking taking a glance down at the sink and seeing water in it.  Damn.  Did it again…

Gordon Laco
www.gordonlaco.com
#426 Surprise



> On Jul 9, 2019, at 11:01 AM, Paul Wilson via Public-List <public-list at lists.alberg30.org> wrote:
> 
> Tee fittings in drain lines are generally bad news.
> 
> I always keep the galley seacock closed unless I am actively using the
> sink. It's good habit and I won't "forget" when it's time to get underway.
> Even with the boat at dead level the waterline is only a few inches below
> the bottom of the sink. One of the "old timers" told me at the early boats
> (like mine) were originally built with the ice box drain teed off the port
> side cockpit drain hose. Little artifacts like this suggest that plumbing
> wasn't Whitby's strong suit.
> 
> Paul / Slainte #129
> 
> On Tue, Jul 9, 2019 at 7:59 AM Mike Lehman via Public-List <
> public-list at lists.alberg30.org> wrote:
> 
>> I to agree. I would be concerned that connecting the sink drain to the
>> starboard cockpit drain could cause the sink to fill and perhaps overflow
>> flooding the boat while on a starboard tack since the the water level in
>> the sink drain is only an inch or so below the sink. Also, not a good idea
>> to have multiple drains sharing the same thru-hull fitting. I did what
>> Marcelo did, which is to add dedicated deck drain thru-hull fittings to
>> avoid sharing the cockpit drains. We have a liner boat.
>> 
>> On Tue, Jul 9, 2019 at 7:46 AM Gordon Laco via Public-List <
>> public-list at lists.alberg30.org> wrote:
>> 
>>> Good morning Marcelo -
>>> 
>>> I second your suggestions… all sensible and good seamanship.
>>> 
>>> Gordon Laco
>>> www.gordonlaco.com
>>> #426 Surprise
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>>> On Jul 9, 2019, at 7:41 AM, Marcelo D. Gentinetta via Public-List <
>>> public-list at lists.alberg30.org> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> I would avoid using a tee if possible since they are prone to clogs. On
>>> my liner boat the galley sink has its own seacock in the galley
>>> compartment. The cockpit scuppers also have their own dedicated
>> seacocks. I
>>> re-plumbed the side deck scuppers to thru-hulls 12 inches above the water
>>> line on both sides. This is what James Baldwin recommends on the A30.
>> The
>>> original way, with the deck drains teeing into the cockpit scuppers was
>> the
>>> source of constant clogs and frustration.
>>>> Hope you can make it work.
>>>> Marcelo
>>>> Alegría #441
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>>> On Jul 8, 2019, at 6:36 PM, Neil Williams via Public-List <
>>> public-list at lists.alberg30.org> wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>> James Baldwin has a recent plumbing video on his "atomvoyager"
>> channel.
>>>>> May have some ideas you could use.
>>>>> 
>>>>> On Mon, Jul 8, 2019 at 10:37 AM Andrew Johns via Public-List <
>>>>> public-list at lists.alberg30.org> wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>>> I seem to remember that some of the A30s have the galley sink drain
>>> that
>>>>>> tees into the starboard cockpit scupper?  How does this arrangement
>>> work?
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> We are planning on redoing the galley this winter, and was hoping to
>>> free
>>>>>> up storage by removing the galley seacock in addition to having one
>>> less
>>>>>> hole in the boat.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> -Andrew
>>>>>> Ecola #104
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