drain 4 livewell

[gofastsandman]

can I cut a pie hole in the in deck livewell and run my drain hose out the hole , under the bilge and out the rear gunwale portside?
Thx,
GFS

[MARLINT220]

Yes you can. I did it on my 18ft. That floor well has been a pain in the butt when I have my 17 gallon kodiak live well on board. Rabud scuppers and this drain hole solved my problems.

[WillyC]

Seeing that the floor on most 20' seacrafts is right at the water level, the only way to effectively drain the in-deck live well (which is below the waterline) is to pump it out. Your thru-hull fitting you place in the hull sides or transom for the live well will have to be above the waterline and thus higher than the drain in your livewell.

[gofastsandman]

Thanks guys,
I was not clear on the post. I am putting a 40 gal oval livewell under a short leaning post frame with my pedestal seats on top, and was having trouble with my mental engineering. The only way to plumb it would have been to do thru hulls in the bilge just behind the tank. You want the plumbing in front of the tank, NOT behind it.I put the clamshell pickup in 9" port of the keel to give it a place to hide if I ever hit a submerged telephone pole, but I didn`t want to put another BIG hole close by. I also had nowhere to run the 2 o.d." drain hose without putting a pie plate hatch in the forward vertical face of the livewell.

George at G&S told me to cut the in deck well out, which I did. That`s why I go there. What a revelation. I can now stand in my bilge. EVERYTHING is seconds away.

All became clear. All of the "now" accessible transom thru hulls are out. The slimy holes were cleaned with acetone, and have been drying for a week. The wood is great. Heh, heh. I just wanted to say wood.

Now I can run the drain out through the existing 2" hole in the transom. Below the waterline for proper flow!
Oxygenation and flow is what I want. Thinking of a 2 drain set up w/ a "y" valve or more....

Thx,
GFS

Valves of course. [img]/forum/images/graemlins/tongue.gif[/img]