So I have been meaning to ask this for awhile now but never took any pictures till today. A through hull below the water line coming up in the back of the aft floor?
Looks like a great way to sink the boat...........
Ryan Randall
73 B28 flybridge
"smart people learn from their mistakes, the smartest people learn from others and their mistakes"
Is this the 28, right?
If you rotate by180dg this rubber tube, does it go meet the throughull?
If yes, then this is a floor scupper, and as you're saying it's a great way to create problems ...
Normally one would expect overboard thruhulls (sinks, showers, bilge pump, A/C, engine exhausts etc) to be as far up the hull as possible so as to minimize the possibility of them being a conduit for water ingress... The thing is that there are various reasons to have them as close to the water line as possible... For example:
1) Hull streaking... All such thruhulls will eventually cause streaks on the hull... These streaks will be caused by contaminants in the water... By placing the thruhulls on (or close to) the waterline this problem is eliminated...
2) Noise... You'd be amazed how loud even small sounds are when everything around you is very quiet (think some anchorage off an island)... By placing the thruhulls on (or close to) the waterline this problem is eliminated...
Now, to prevent water ingress the hose on the inside of the hull will have a slope downwards with the down bend as high as possible above the waterline...
Yannis wrote:Is this the 28, right?
If you rotate by180dg this rubber tube, does it go meet the throughull?
If yes, then this is a floor scupper, and as you're saying it's a great way to create problems ...
yes. that rubber tube was connected to the through hull.
The top has been sealed by a one of those screw in round deck inspection plates.....
but I just don't like it. so it has to go while everything else is apart.
Ryan Randall
73 B28 flybridge
"smart people learn from their mistakes, the smartest people learn from others and their mistakes"
ford351c594 wrote:yes. that rubber tube was connected to the through hull.
The top has been sealed by a one of those screw in round deck inspection plates.....
but I just don't like it. so it has to go while everything else is apart.
If you're not using it and never plan on using it removing the thruhull and fiberglassing the hole is the way to go... If you think you might want to use in the future (e.g. to add a generator) you might want to consider putting a seacock on it...