Possible Leaking Scuppers???????????

[Gary Hill]

FELLOW-SHIP,
Have you installed your new transom drains?
Sounds like a great idea.

[FELLOW-SHIP]

Ha Knotworking

Ya I finished the job last weekend.

This is the scupper.

What I did since you don’t have very much room to work with approx 9” or so.
I bought two 1 ¼” through hull brass fittings plus two hose reducers from 1 ½” to 1 ¼” and these two inline scuppers which are 1 ½’.
First I filled in the through hull tubes and then added fillers to make the hull flat and also those little 3x3” recessed arrears of the deck on port and starboard filled those in as well. Then I bore a hole on port and starboard to drain the deck in that area. Then drilled the holes through the transom and mounted the brass fittings then hose.
I cut the one end of the scupper off that water comes in through and then I mounted the remainder of the scupper inside the boat so all you see is approx ½" of the scupper where those 4 screws are I removed the two top screws and trilled through the inner liner and replaced the two top screws with two longer screws that hold the scupper flat against the inner liner. Then some 5200 and I was done. Took some time to do but looks pretty good and I can get to the scupper to remove junk from the scupper like leaves and such like stuff that can clog up and keep the scupper open.

FellowShip

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[1bayouboy]

Fellowship....I'd love to see a photo of your setup...

[osprey]

Make sure that you have limber holes in you stringers aft. My 89 23cc had none. I'd start with a dry bilge and end up with a few gallons of water by the end of the day. Water gets trapped outside of the stringers and goes foward around them when you use the boat. When I drilled my stringers to epoxy pvc pipe in, at least 10gal of water came pouring out. Not good for the stern. I actually could see water seeping through the stringers.

[1bayouboy]

And having just torn into the back end of my Tsunami....
the wood block the scuppers go through was encapsulated but had water in it. There was also a few spots where the stringers weren't totally sealed to the transom front, so water could seep in. My foam was dry, but there was water in the bottom of the stringer. Anything you can do to keep the water out and help it dry would be a plus....I really like the idea of putting the PVC in with epoxy.

[MMikeB]

Where abouts do you put these holes in the stringers aft, right below the manifolds?

[oldfielder]

It's best to get them as far aft as you can, as that's always going to drain any trapped water that moves to the back of the boat.

[hvaldezz]

I had the same thing happen to me this weekend. I was out on the water about 3 hours and got some water in the bilge. Turned on the bilge pump and pumped it out.

It was rough and we took on some water on top and it's possible some of the water got in that way, however, when I removed the cushions on the right hand side looking at the back of the boat, I saw a little drip coming out of the stringer which has a hole about half inch in diameter in it.
This was before we got into the 4-6 foot rollers, then we turned back to safer waters.

I've checked the transom and it looks ok, I can't see any places where it might leak. Where else should I look? What's a scupper? I assume its the drain for the water to exit the cockpit and out the back, right?

I'm a novice on these older boats so if you have any help or advice, it will be appreciated.

HankB

[NoBones]

Check your live well with a mirror.
On my 20 SF there were over flows at the top of the live well which I never saw doing the re-do. They drained into the inner hull. Needless to say I rerouted them to go overboard. Also look at the transom for any screws that may not be sealed. IE: Transducers, Trim tabs, ladders, etc.
Hope this helps, Ken

[Blue197320]

i had a similar problem with my livewell on my 20 sf also. i dont know how everyone elses is set up but mine has 1 pump inside and 1 pump outside and where the power wires went into the livewell were not sealed so water would drain out of that hole right into the bilge.