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I love my Tsunami,everything about it,the ride,the looks,the big cockpit,But,,,,I HATE THE SCUPPERS.
Even with the vortex gadgets they still are a pia.The problem is when one person is in the back fighting a fish and another guy netting it. Water will pour in.Sometimes the vortex thingys work and sometimes they don't. Even worse is when a fish bleeds all over the deck and I have to use the wash down. They just don't drain quickly and it takes forever to get the blood and slime out. I'm trying to come up with a relatively easy way to somehow improve the drainage capability without major backbreaking retrofitting. Trying to run them out the back to the transom is out of the question at this point,and it probably wouldn't be any more affective anyway,as I have a lot of weight in the stern from the kicker motor and the four downriggers with 15lb weights on them. The boat sits fairly low in the water,and the scupper that is the most troublesome is the starboard side one where the kicker(105 pounds)is hanging. My thought for a fix(a bit rube goldberg)is to either drill a hole next to the scupper, or behind it(on the inner panel).I could then insall a flush fitting in the hole and route them to a livewell pump below the deck and out to a thru hull far above the waterline.I could do this on both sides of the boat. When it came time to run the washdown iI could turn the pumps on for that short period to get the water and blood out quickly. I would leave the original thru deck scuppers as they are, but could keep the plugs in them while out on the water,and would only take them out if it was raining while on the water,or when the boat is in the slip. The scuppers work fine while the boat is sitting in the slip,any rain drains out ok,but the minute anyone stands in the rear they stop working. I've already tried to move as much weight forward as possible,to no avail. Any Thoughts?
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All this,just for a boat ride |
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