Bilge drains/pass throughs
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Bilge drains/pass throughs
Folks, Having a little issue since hauling my boat this past weekend. I have a great deal of standing water forward of the main bulkhead (under water tank). I installed an aft plug last year to help drain a little better and I made them block me a little bow proud. Everything drained aft except for in front of that bulkhead. There should be pass throughs under that Tank...correct? I'll be damned if I can snake them. Thought they were clogged. Any one have an idea if there is? Please let me know. Thank you, Jim
Capt. James R Noel USCG 100T Master 1989 33' Sportfish Branford, CT
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Thank you Frank, I thought for sure there was a way for water to pass to the stern. I think I have to pull the transducer to drain the water out and then get my head under to water tank to double check...that'll be fun! Take care, Jim
Capt. James R Noel USCG 100T Master 1989 33' Sportfish Branford, CT
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In my 82 SF there do not appear to be any passages for water to the engine compartment. I have an automatic pump and a manual pump which will pump the bilge almost dry. Get a large wet vac with a hose drain and use that to drain the bilge in the salon area.
Jack Van Deman
"Why Knot?" '82 33SF 3208CATS
Little River, SC
"Why Knot?" '82 33SF 3208CATS
Little River, SC
Mine definitely does not have limber holes through the bulkhead separating the salon from the engine compartment in our sport fish so any water that collects in the bilge area under the salon has no where to go. Usually I hand pump into buckets and dump it overboard. What I can't get with the pump I sponge up. I have never worried about water under the water tank as it sits on the stringers 6 inches off the bottom. If had a concern about excessive water under the water tank, I would dump a gallon or two of non toxic anti freeze to hopefully mix with it to avoid any freeze damage to the tank. It would be nice to have a removable (from the engine compartment side) plug in this bulkhead to allow the water to drain to the rear of the boat. If I ever had to replace the water tank I would install a drain like this.
Gerard FREEDOM 86 SF 454 Merc Green Pond, Falmouth MA
I think you guys are kind of missing the real issue here. Where is the water coming from? The only place that water should enter is from the anchor locker hawse pipe or if you have a windlass hole. There really shouldn't be any water of any significant volume up there....and it all should be fresh water besides.
Joe Tomaini
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Bath, NC
1988 Sportfish
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Joe is correct. I only get water in the bilge in that section when we have a monsoon like rain or a leak in the freshwater system. I have plugged all of the openings on the foredeck going into the anchor locker. I still had some water after Florence but it was maybe a gallon in that section.
Jack Van Deman
"Why Knot?" '82 33SF 3208CATS
Little River, SC
"Why Knot?" '82 33SF 3208CATS
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Mine does the same. Anchor locker drains into midship/fwd bilge. That is isolated from Aft Bilge as the limber holes are sealed. It appears that at one point Bertram felt those limber holes drained too much water forward Rick Ticket 85 SF Merc 454 MPI's Falmouth, MA
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