Re: Drain holes??
Go to:http://www.duckworksmagazine.com/and Google "hull plug". You
will get 15 links. Among them is the solution you seek. Prepare a 3/4
inch block with a deep grove in the bottom at deck level from the edge
to the center. Glue at a low point. Drill through the block and the
bottom for an expanding plug (hardware store item). I will add a
sugestion. Invert a plastic basket, like strawberries come in, to keep
leaves and such from pluging the hole.
Joe T
will get 15 links. Among them is the solution you seek. Prepare a 3/4
inch block with a deep grove in the bottom at deck level from the edge
to the center. Glue at a low point. Drill through the block and the
bottom for an expanding plug (hardware store item). I will add a
sugestion. Invert a plastic basket, like strawberries come in, to keep
leaves and such from pluging the hole.
Joe T
--- Inbolger@yahoogroups.com, catboat15@... wrote:
>
> My Bolger Car Topper sits outdoors most of the year, and in spite of
> coverings always ends up with rain water in the hull. I keep a
couple of plastic
> tubes handy to siphon out the water, but was wondering if I simply
drilled a
> hole in the bottom and kept a wooden plug handy to use when sailing.
The bottom
> is 1/4 inch ply only and was wondering two things, if the plugged
hole with
> the plug extending below the boat would affect its sailing, and
second what
> harm would having a hole in the bottom do to the structure?
> John Meacham
>
>
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>
These work.http://www.duckworksbbs.com/hardware/plumbing/sd520075/index.htmIt's not friction, the rubber expands on both sides of the hole to actually lock it into the panel.
Roger
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From: Sam Glasscock
To:bolger@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Saturday, November 25, 2006 5:29 PM
Subject: Re: [bolger] Re: Drain holes??
If you want to drain through the bilge panel, you can
buy a garboard drain, which doesn't require a tube or
stick beyond the bottom, unlike, say, a bailer plug.
I'd be a little leary of anything which required
friction to hold it in a 1/4" panel. Good luck.
---catboat15@...wrote:
> My Bolger Car Topper sits outdoors most of the year,
> and in spite of
> coverings always ends up with rain water in the
> hull. I keep a couple of plastic
> tubes handy to siphon out the water, but was
> wondering if I simply drilled a
> hole in the bottom and kept a wooden plug handy to
> use when sailing. The bottom
> is 1/4 inch ply only and was wondering two things,
> if the plugged hole with
> the plug extending below the boat would affect its
> sailing, and second what
> harm would having a hole in the bottom do to the
> structure?
> John Meacham
>
>
> [Non-text portions of this message have been
> removed]
>
>
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Rob Rohde-Szudy wrote an excellent article for Duckworks on installing
drain plugs in thin-bottomed boats:
http://www.duckworksmagazine.com/06/columns/rob/index9.htm
drain plugs in thin-bottomed boats:
http://www.duckworksmagazine.com/06/columns/rob/index9.htm
--- Inbolger@yahoogroups.com, catboat15@... wrote:
>
> My Bolger Car Topper sits outdoors most of the year, and in spite of
> coverings always ends up with rain water in the hull. I keep a
couple of plastic
> tubes handy to siphon out the water, but was wondering if I simply
drilled a
> hole in the bottom and kept a wooden plug handy to use when sailing.
The bottom
> is 1/4 inch ply only and was wondering two things, if the plugged
hole with
> the plug extending below the boat would affect its sailing, and
second what
> harm would having a hole in the bottom do to the structure?
> John Meacham
>
>
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
>
If you want to drain through the bilge panel, you can
buy a garboard drain, which doesn't require a tube or
stick beyond the bottom, unlike, say, a bailer plug.
I'd be a little leary of anything which required
friction to hold it in a 1/4" panel. Good luck.
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buy a garboard drain, which doesn't require a tube or
stick beyond the bottom, unlike, say, a bailer plug.
I'd be a little leary of anything which required
friction to hold it in a 1/4" panel. Good luck.
---catboat15@...wrote:
> My Bolger Car Topper sits outdoors most of the year,____________________________________________________________________________________
> and in spite of
> coverings always ends up with rain water in the
> hull. I keep a couple of plastic
> tubes handy to siphon out the water, but was
> wondering if I simply drilled a
> hole in the bottom and kept a wooden plug handy to
> use when sailing. The bottom
> is 1/4 inch ply only and was wondering two things,
> if the plugged hole with
> the plug extending below the boat would affect its
> sailing, and second what
> harm would having a hole in the bottom do to the
> structure?
> John Meacham
>
>
> [Non-text portions of this message have been
> removed]
>
>
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I have drilled a drain hole at one side of the transom, through the 2 x 1
frame, and make sure that the boat is canted to that side to drain.
Normally, however, I turn the boat over. She usually lives on top of my
garage roof, upside down.
I do keep a sponge handy to soak up the drops which fail to drain.
Alvan.
frame, and make sure that the boat is canted to that side to drain.
Normally, however, I turn the boat over. She usually lives on top of my
garage roof, upside down.
I do keep a sponge handy to soak up the drops which fail to drain.
Alvan.
West Marine has some small rubber flop top stoppers
that come on 1/2, 5/8, 3/4. I would think if you
epoxied a 1/2" ply ring to the inside of your hull and
then drilled it I don't think you would have much
hassles. And if you made the ring or block the right
size you could put a clam shell scoop over it (faceing
aft) and it should drain the water out if you have any
speed up.
Hmmmmm we are talking about a sailboat..... you may
not have the speed needed to do that. But it would be
handy when you were on the beach to drain most of the
water out that gets slopped in.
Blessings Krissie
The bottom
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that come on 1/2, 5/8, 3/4. I would think if you
epoxied a 1/2" ply ring to the inside of your hull and
then drilled it I don't think you would have much
hassles. And if you made the ring or block the right
size you could put a clam shell scoop over it (faceing
aft) and it should drain the water out if you have any
speed up.
Hmmmmm we are talking about a sailboat..... you may
not have the speed needed to do that. But it would be
handy when you were on the beach to drain most of the
water out that gets slopped in.
Blessings Krissie
The bottom
> is 1/4 inch ply only and was wondering two things,____________________________________________________________________________________
> if the plugged hole with
> the plug extending below the boat would affect its
> sailing, and second what
> harm would having a hole in the bottom do to the
> structure?
> John Meacham
>
>
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> removed]
>
>
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> rainwaterYour situation might be different than mine, but I store my boats
upside down to prevent accumulation of rainwater.
My Bolger Car Topper sits outdoors most of the year, and in spite of
coverings always ends up with rain water in the hull. I keep a couple of plastic
tubes handy to siphon out the water, but was wondering if I simply drilled a
hole in the bottom and kept a wooden plug handy to use when sailing. The bottom
is 1/4 inch ply only and was wondering two things, if the plugged hole with
the plug extending below the boat would affect its sailing, and second what
harm would having a hole in the bottom do to the structure?
John Meacham
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coverings always ends up with rain water in the hull. I keep a couple of plastic
tubes handy to siphon out the water, but was wondering if I simply drilled a
hole in the bottom and kept a wooden plug handy to use when sailing. The bottom
is 1/4 inch ply only and was wondering two things, if the plugged hole with
the plug extending below the boat would affect its sailing, and second what
harm would having a hole in the bottom do to the structure?
John Meacham
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