Seafari Scuppers and cap leaks

[Bushwacker]

When I change out the drain tube, should I stick with the brass tube design or switch to a garboard type with a threaded plug?

Does the center part of(apparently 2-piece) vinyl rub rail pop out or does it need to slide out?

Regarding the "vortex", does anyone think an inline check valve would serve the purpose, kind of like a jiggler siphon valve?

Gillie - The screw-type plugs are fine for the transom drain. Don uses a real nice SS type on the Hermco bracket that has an O-ring on it. Years ago we had a rash of boat sinkings in North Palm where some kids with not enough to do went down the Earman river yanking transom drain plugs out of boats in the water! I usually install my plug from the inside if I'm gonna leave the boat in the water overnight for that reason! A plug that requires a wrench to remove would stop that sort of mischief!

The heavy vinyl rub rail I have, which I believe was OEM on the 23's, has an insert that pops out easily . . . you can just pinch it vertically to get it back in. No need to slide the whole thing out. Denny

I took Fellowship's vortex scupper idea and tried to improve on it by gluing a rubber O-ring to the bottom of the threaded PVC fitting and building a wire cage underneath to trap a floating bead, but it didn't seem to work any better than the original idea of using the finger of a vinyl glove. I've found that the vortex idea works best if you use a LONG glove fingers and cut the slot in the end it very carefully using a sharp X-Acto knife.