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Originally Posted by Capt Chuck
No Fishing Blood? No Diving? No Swimming? No Spilled Wine & Beer ? No Heavy Rainstorm? No Dirt or Debris gathered while on the trailer? No Boat Washing? No Kids dropping potato chips & peanut butter sandwiches? No Puke in rough seas?
No Naked Ladies needing to cool off ? No Fresh Water Washdown ?
Dude, If you answered YES to any of the above, you need Self Bailing Deck Drains !
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The fish blood, water from the kids swimming, spilled beer and such drains out the bilge pump or low transom drain hole well when back on the trailer but you are right about the the dirt and debris. I have had to clean the bilge manually a few times as the debris dose build up in the bilge and dose not always make it out the 1/2" drain hole when on the trailer. That has been my only problem so far. But thinking about having to hand clean up the chunky puke makes me want to add the drains sooner than latter.
Washing the boat can be a bare as the suds dose not make it threw the 1" holes well and builds up in the rear. I do have to go back and hit it with the hose after the deck drains catch up. 1.5 or 2" diameter would work better but that is more of a sizing thing vs where they drain.
You guys do have good valid points. I just need to figure out whether to use 1" flex lines crossed or just run them stright out the back of the boat.
Any of you members up here have problems with stuff clogging the crossed flex lines for scuppers? I don't want to bother with un-clogging flex lines. Since I have moved weight forward I think I can get by with stright fiber glass tubes stright out the back but may go from the flanged 1" plastic drains I have now to 1.5" ones and fully glass them in and get rid of the plastic barbed ones.
It hasn't been too bad dealing with it so far but better drainage may be better....