Great Job!
Good pictures. Thanks!
ks
FL14 Pictures Finally
-
- Very Active Poster
- Posts: 796
- Joined: Tue Nov 30, 2004 8:39 pm
- Location: Lancaster, New York
Baba I have heard of using PVC pipe under the back seat and putting in the plug from the outside. Maybe two plugs, one on the inside and one out. The rear seat is filled with foam so it will not fill up, plus the epoxy should seal it well. It got to be a pain bailing out the boat. One time last year we got a thunder storm in an otherwise dry summer and I had water up over the rear seat top to bail. Rick
-
- * Bateau Builder *
- Posts: 8403
- Joined: Mon Nov 24, 2003 1:00 am
- Location: NC USA
- Location: Now a much longer sail to Tampa Florida! Back to NC, Youngsville FM05tw
You mean like this? That is, the one on the bottom of the transom... (not the ones on the floor) ...Dukydo wrote:A drain is a good idea if your boat will be exposed to rain. I think I might add an extra thickness of plywood where it goes through the stern, just for stability.
I probably did not need it for only the plug, but I'm also through bolting the lower gudgeon through that plate.
ks
-
- Very Active Poster
- Posts: 796
- Joined: Tue Nov 30, 2004 8:39 pm
- Location: Lancaster, New York
KS8, it's hard to see in the picture, but I was thinking of drilling at floor level through the compartment from both ends and putting in a PVC pipe to connect the holes. I wish I would have done this prior to putting in the foam, and the seat top. It would have been a lot easier and I could have added extra epoxy inside the compartment. I think it will work as long as I am extrs sure of the epoxy and sealing job. The only other change I would have made would be to eliminate the rocker so the boat would plane. I still might, by adding a false bottom to the rear half. Rick
I saw a drain plug on an aluminum Jon Boat. It was screwed into a metal pipe sticking out of the inside of the transorm.
It was a cheap little thing...I won't feel confident about having it on a boat I spend a year building.
I like the idea of adding extra plywood pieces where the drain goes through (adding stability), plus being able to add the plug on both sides of the pipe. Probably an over kill but one of those feel good things...
It was a cheap little thing...I won't feel confident about having it on a boat I spend a year building.
I like the idea of adding extra plywood pieces where the drain goes through (adding stability), plus being able to add the plug on both sides of the pipe. Probably an over kill but one of those feel good things...
The type of drain I am thinking of can be seen at:
http://www.jamestowndistributors.com/to ... clDrill;12
On the top right you see a snap tite plug and on the lower right a drain tube.
I'm sure with a little extra work you can still work it in. You would have to run a pvc pipe under the rear seat from the tube forward to the front of the rear seat so that water could drain back through the pvc to the drain plug. The snaptite would always be there (at the base of the stern and on the outside) you simply pull it to drain. If your boat is outside exposed to the weather I would leave it out until time to go boating. REMEMBER THE PLUG when launching. Many a boat has sunk because that rule wasn't rememberd.
I hope this is of some help.
http://www.jamestowndistributors.com/to ... clDrill;12
On the top right you see a snap tite plug and on the lower right a drain tube.
I'm sure with a little extra work you can still work it in. You would have to run a pvc pipe under the rear seat from the tube forward to the front of the rear seat so that water could drain back through the pvc to the drain plug. The snaptite would always be there (at the base of the stern and on the outside) you simply pull it to drain. If your boat is outside exposed to the weather I would leave it out until time to go boating. REMEMBER THE PLUG when launching. Many a boat has sunk because that rule wasn't rememberd.
I hope this is of some help.
I don't foresee any problems as far as bonding is concerned. Most, if not all production boats have a drain tube and plug. As for the drain tube being at both ends of the pvc that would be an option. It would for sure dress it up and put a finished look to it.
Almost time for final playoff games so gotta go. GO SEAHAWKS that is.
Almost time for final playoff games so gotta go. GO SEAHAWKS that is.
Who is online
Users browsing this forum: No registered users and 7 guests