Clogged cockpit drains....been there.
Many years ago during my first LongPac, I took a wave in the cockpit. I had a one-piece hatchboard in and it had a latex gasket behind it (made it a PITA to put in and take out) so only a few cups of water got into the boat. However, I sat thigh-deep in water for about a minute and a half before the next wave tipped us over enough that about 3/4 of that sloshed out, back where it belonged, over the side. It then took another several minutes to empty the cockpit.
Then and there, I decided to change those drains.
Upshot was, I replaced the stock 1-inch marelon through-hulls for the cockpit drains with expensive (not flush..ugh, should have made 'em flush) two-inch bronze seacocks. I replaced the hoses and ...this was a tricky job because of how that boats cockpit floor was molded... replaced the marelon cockpit scuppers. Then I put the new hoses on. When I launched after that years haulout, I put some bathtub drain floppers over the cockpit scuppers and then bucketed about 30 gallons of water into the cockpit.....yanked off the flappers and stood back and watched.
MUCH better. Also, never had problems with rainwater in the cockpit, again.
If Tinker goes out past the Golden Gate on anything like semi-regular trips, y'all might think about doing this. It's not cheap, but man, it's worth it.
OR...you could spend a small fortune and take the boat to...I dunno.... Moore sailboats and have 'em cut out the transom. Think how totally cool that would look! It's only money!
Last edited by AlanH; 02-09-2017 at 01:11 PM.
1968 Selmer Series 9 B-flat and A clarinets
1962 Buesher "Aristocrat" tenor saxophone
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