Re: I have a leak
Hey ESD,
If indeed the leak is from the scupper area, it may be in the seal at the flange rather than the tube itself. If you plug the tube w/ a regular 1" expansion plug and still have the leak, logic suggests that the leak is occurring between the tube flange and hull itself. If it doesn't leak, then I guess the tube itself has a crack or pinhole or whatever.
Either way remove and replace. If its been wet a while you'll probably need to soak the wood block with alcohol to dry it out and then strengthen and seal with Git-rot or similar epoxy before replacing the scupper tubes.
Flanging tool from Moeller is about $35 and tubes by Moeller or Sea Dog are $4-5 each. I could not find them locally but I found them at clrmarine.com and firstchoicemarine.com much cheaper than others.
I'm sure you've seen their threads, but C-sicknick, bushwacker, and Bigshrimpin all documented their scupper replacements and they all did it differently. I bought the stuff but I haven't replaced them yet because I'm still debating why I shouldn't eliminate them altogether and glass over the hull as I think lost2a6 did. Good luck!
-McGill
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