25 Seafari Project

[stumpie2]

sorry no pics of inside... im in florida(school) and boat is in virginia... i honestly think the scuppers where put in the sides because the designer knew that the boat will roll quite a bit at rest... there are square recessed "bowls" in the floor that the brass thru hull, drain plug type sleeve taps into... in heavy seas i put the rubber T-handle type drain plugs in the scupper holes on the inside because when the boat rocks and rolls they flood the deck making it slick... there isnt usually any water in the floor when running because it rocks and rolls it way out before the bow gets up, but when i use the washdown i just direct the water into the scupper bowls... it is kind of odd to put scuppers midship...

[seafari25]

It is interesting that your scuppers are midship. I would think that your floor would have to taper from transom towards the bowls whereas mine tapers slightly to the transom.

I was interested in how it drains with the bow up because of a situation I got into last summer. I had 6 adults in the boat, the plugs were in, we were cruising a narrow channel on an overcast day. I had the rear camper top off. Within seconds it seemed, we had a storm cloud over us which dropped about 5 gallons of rain on us in the time it took the 4 ladies to run to the cabin(seconds). Some of the water followed them and dropped into the stepdown. At the same time I was popping the bow up and told my buddy to pull the plugs. The rain continued the same for at least 5 minutes or so before we got through in zero visibility conditions. Upon pulling the plugs, the water took no time to drain and continued to do so for our entire voyage.

So I guess my question is, under those conditions, would yours drain?