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Old 10-25-2004, 12:03 PM
Mark Mark is offline
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Default Re: Deck Drain plan 20 Center Console

Hi JW,

Everybody approaches the too-low floor thing differently with these boats, but several aspects of your plan somewhat concern me:

First, the two large thru-hulls (scuppers?) you mention are going to be 2" above the floor. My feable mind interprets this to mean that water would be 2" deep in the boat before those would come into play (yes, I know there is a pump down in that well, but still...). I also eliminated the splash well in my 20'CC and could not be happier with that decision by the way.

Secondly, most of us with 20's consider them "trailer boats" and rarely leave them in the water for extended periods. However, on the odd occasion when you MAY wish to leave the boat in the water, what happens when the rain keeps filling that well and the battery for the pump finally gives out - are all the other access points through the deck sealed so that the water will be OK at 2" deep across the deck and not leak into the bilge?

While the original scuppers in my '71 were completely ineffective when standing still in the water, they would drain the deck while moving. While I don't have any great solutions to recommend if you wish to leave the original floor at the current height, I have some reservations about the proposed method of draining the boat that you detail [img]/images/graemlins/confused.gif[/img]

Have you tried those ping-pong ball things to see if that would work in a normal scupper-thru-transom setup??
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