I seem to recall that Evan or Jacques suggested that for a boat this small, milk carton cut-outs to bail water was the way to go....Maybe a bilge pump might be an alternative....follow this link....http://www.yachtsurvey.com/bilge_pumps.htm
However, as the transom is basically just 3/4 inch marine ply encased by fiberglass....would it be prudent to epoxy glue sandwich a shallow (2" wide X 3/4" thick) strip to bottom of transom, knee to knee (inside boat), to add some thickness for drilling, to accomodate a threaded drain tube and its plug if one chose to drill a drain hole?
Is a flanged threaded tube and plug preferable to plain brass flanged tube and its own type of plug (twist & turn or snap-lock) ?
How big a drain (diameter) should a Garvey 13 have?
However, if any readers can comment on the queries above, please do so.......In the meantime, I think I'll wire a small bilge pump just aft of frame A near the transom.....
Garvey 13 transom drain
Re: Garvey 13 transom drain
I would just drill a hole, epoxy coat it and put one of those plugs in it:
http://boatbuildercentral.com/proddetai ... _2224_DP10
Or an expandable plug. That's what is done on 99% of production boats.
http://boatbuildercentral.com/proddetai ... _2224_DP10
Or an expandable plug. That's what is done on 99% of production boats.
Jacques Mertens - Designer
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Re: Garvey 13 transom drain
I think a bilge pump would be unwarranted in a boat this size and style. For one, most of the pumps will only pump after there is about an inch and a half to 2 inches of water, and I don't want that much in my boat. Put a drain plug sleeve in as low as possible, and make it easy to get to. Get the boat up on plane, and pull the plug. all the water gets sucked right out. When I would go crabbing as a kid, we would have to do this several times a day from all the water from the crab rings.
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