cockpit scuppers 20 SF20

[Mark]

It has nothing to do with wet foam. I have a friend with a 2002 "Lefty Kreh Edition" 20' Master Anger that has had the same problem that my 1971 did. He has both of us stand on the bow at the end of the day so the soapy water from washing the boat will drain out. The floor is simply too close to sea level.

( I have no idea what the situation is like in the non-center console models. All that structure forward could make a great deal of difference)

If you don't want to raise the floor, invest in a good pair of neoprene booties. Moving the scuppers around here and there does not fundamentally change the relation of the floor to the ambient water level. Numerous posts on here speak of people putting the plugs in their scuppers when they board the boat and removing them when they tie back up to the dock. Is that really an acceptable proceedure on a rough sloppy day?

I have no burden for people to raise their floors. I'm merely suggesting a way to once and for all solve the fact that these are not inherenly a very self bailing boat. If someone prefers to leave the floor at the original height, more power to them. I've had two of these boats now, got sick of that situation, and chose to change it even though the floor in my boat was perfectly solid.

[ November 06, 2003, 08:49 PM: Message edited by: Mark ]