I like the garboard drain idea, but it seems much simpler, safer, and cheaper ($15.80) to install the tubing w squeeze bulb I suggested earlier. Setup your charger like I do with a radio and you won't have to climb a ladder. I wouldn't leave a boat unchecked for more than a few weeks. You gotta check that the tarp is ok, the stands are tight, no trimbs have fallen on it, etc, and I always plug in the charger regularly so the batteries get topped off and don't freeze. I get 10 to 11 years out of my batteries. Here's what I bought. works great.
https://www.walmart.com/ip/3-8-Universal-Fuel-Line-Assembly-with-Primer-Bulb-for-Boat-Outboard-Marine-Tractor-Black/606786606?wmlspartner=wlpa&selectedSellerId=9869&adid=22222222227077274554&wl0=&wl1=g&wl2=c&wl3=189966947924&wl4=aud-430887228898:pla-294792031802&wl5=9003904&wl6=&wl7=&wl8=&wl9=pla&wl10=115780161&wl11=online&wl12=606786606&veh=sem&gclid=CjwKCAiA3uDwBRBFEiwA1VsajIdfD22TNowhAsr00lXZYOzOFTAZZyk-iYa9XhLDPzwAxMwITC_76hoCc5wQAvD_BwE Chuck > On at rjcasciato--- via CnC-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: > > Josh, I have the 1" version as seen in several other emails....it is > located at the very bottom of the bilge sump. (C&C 38MKII) It was installed > about 10 years ago. The location was carefully sited and drilled from the > outside.....the hole actually sits a quarter inch below the bilge floor. > The brass plate is recessed into the hull to be flush with the hull. We > smear a small amount of marine underwater fairing cpd. for the summer of > racing..... > When she gets set up on the hard for the winter....we slightly tilt the > boat to port and insert a PVC threaded fitting with an angled piece of pipe > to carry water away from the hull. > This installation has required NO maintenance and is sealed > completely....no chance for water intrusion unless we forget to put the plug > in in the spring. > You won't be sorry and that's 1more thing you don't have to worry about > over the winter. > Impromptu is located in the Boston area and winters here are usually wet > and cold.. > I'm getting too old to safely climb a 12' ladder in the freezing weather > to check the bilge..... > Best > Ron Casciato > > > Sent from Xfinity Connect Application > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: cnc-list@cnc-list.com > To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com > Cc: muckl...@gmail.com > Sent: 2020-01-10 2:46:34 PM > Subject: Re: Stus-List Garboard plug > > My only concern to doing this is the same concern I have with any hull > penetration - one more hole to inadvertently let water in. > > Josh Muckley > S/V Sea Hawk > 1989 C&C 37+ > Solomons, MD > > On Fri, Jan 10, 2020, 10:51 AM Len Mitchell via CnC-List < > cnc-list@cnc-list.com mailto:cnc-list@cnc-list.com > wrote: > > > > Our bilge is shallow but not as shallow as a KCB model. I > would install it low in the keel stub. It would be best as low as you can and > mine may be 1/4-1/2 inch off the bottom and it works fine. I would normally > vacuum and sponge out the bilge whenever it was above freezing but that was > difficult to plan with a normal work schedule. I installed it with epoxy and > faired the garboard drain so you would have to look hard to see it. I suppose > you could use 5200 but I don’t like using it. I had epoxy cure (temperature) > issues so it isn’t as smooth as it will be next April. I bought a nylon plug > and kept the bronze plug as a spare. There is no downside to this project and > that’s why I should have done it 20 years ago on our 1981 36 KCB too. > Hopefully you can open the Dropbox photos. If not let me know. > > Len > > > > > > > > > > https://www.dropbox.com/s/5gwyjrpy2ee8xgo/Photo%202019-05-03%2C%204%2001%2020%20PM.jpg?dl=0 > > > > > > > > Sent from my iPad > > _______________________________________________ > > > > Thanks everyone for supporting this list with your contributions. > > Each and every one is greatly appreciated. If you want to support the list > > - use PayPal to send contribution -- https://www.paypal.me/stumurray > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ Thanks everyone > > for supporting this list with your contributions. Each and every one is > > greatly appreciated. If you want to support the list - use PayPal to send > > contribution -- https://www.paypal.me/stumurray > > _______________________________________________ Thanks everyone for > supporting this list with your contributions. Each and every one is greatly > appreciated. If you want to support the list - use PayPal to send > contribution -- https://www.paypal.me/stumurray >
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