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06-11-2011 08:04 PM |
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Originally Posted by MAC67
(Post 174988)
Ok, total newb question here, (sorry for the high jack) what the heck are scuppers?
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Basically scuppers are drains on a boat. They allow water that has come onboard to drain back into the sea automatically. On large boats they are openings that are welded into the deck rail.
On Wellcraft boats they are holes in the back near the transom that allow the water to drain off the deck (sometimes called the cockpit) ... hence the term "self-bailing cockpit" that you'll find occasionally.
The main difference between a drain and a scupper is that a drain just allows water to drain into the bilge, below the water line, where your bilge pump must remove it, and a scupper is on a deck that is high enough above the water line to allow the water to drain back into the sea without the need for a pump.
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