Main Floor Drains

Where should the floor drain to ? My V-20 just dumps to the shelvs that the oil tank, and the battery sit on.......

[willy]

Depending on the year they either drained into the bildge or they drained via a plastic hose to thru hulls mounted on the sides just above the water line.

Its a 87, and i guess i need to run a hose to the bildge from the fitting, right now it just drains on the shelf and it has a hole in it that goes somewhere

i called it " Its " i havent named er yet

[msbhammer]

For a 1987, you need through fittings.

[msbhammer]

Here is a picture of my floor drain. It drains from the deck and out the side. Does your V have hull fittings ?
Find out first before you getter her wet.

[brianct12]

H, I think that's exactly where they were made to drain. The cockpit floor fittings (in both corners) of my '86 ... dump right onto the battery shelf as well. Some here say - that their pre-'88 models drain outside the hull. I have been meaning to take a yardstick and level .... and try and determine whether my floor has any positive height above the outside waterline. If it does, then I could add a hose to the floor fittings and plumb them outside the hull. But I dont think that is going to be the case. If it were, I would imagine Wellcraft would have done it from the factory. The 1988 and later models - had the floor raised a few inches to accomodate draining overboard.

[willy]

I really don't understand that at all, mine is an 85. Every boat I looked at ( a lot ) had thru hulls that the scuppers drained to. I know earlier boats, not sure when it started had scuppers that drained into the bildge area.
???

[brianct12]

Willy, how well do your floor drains work ? Do you have issues with outside water flowing back in ? Or is there sufficient height differential to prevent that ? Just wondering.

[Skools Out]

i have the best and truest all time boat name


"Money Pit"