Rod Holder Drains

[willy]

Aren't you clever, good job. Let me know where you and Tsubaki and CB are going to be homed up.
I will come and visit you guys once in awhile, it will give me somewhere to go also when I get your ages!

[Blue_Runner]

Genius. I've been pondering the same thing for all this time. It seems I now should take the leap. Why they did not address this issue from the factory is beyond me. So let me ask - where will the discharge be located? I thought about putting a thru hull on the lowever part of the rod box just under the forward holders for simplicity sake. However it would make it harder to remove the rod box - which I do from time to time to gain access to wiring and cables.

So what are you thinking?

[reelapeelin]

Originally Posted by Blue_Runner

Genius. I've been pondering the same thing for all this time. It seems I now should take the leap. Why they did not address this issue from the factory is beyond me. So let me ask - where will the discharge be located? I thought about putting a thru hull on the lowever part of the rod box just under the forward holders for simplicity sake. However it would make it harder to remove the rod box - which I do from time to time to gain access to wiring and cables.

So what are you thinking?

BR, I gonna run mine back to the bilge...it really shouldn't be LOTS of water and whatever gets back there won't hurt anything...those bearing cups are $2.29/pr at Wally Market and the plastic thru-hulls came from Bass Pro for about the same for each...that flexible white bilge hose is cheap as crap and I bet you got some hose clamps already...

[Blue_Runner]

10-4, bilge it is then....much better than foam

[scook]

I got some of that hose at home depot - think it was fairly cheap - for discharge on a portable sump pump. It hasn't held up very well - not abrasion resistant around fittings, but that's not likely to be a problem in this application.

[tsubaki]

reel, like scook and Cam said. Most any hardware store, Home Depot, Lowes, etc.

Great saying.
Daddy always said, "it ain't the year of the car, it's the mileage on it you got to worry about".

[NOTHING ELSE MATTERS]

I use something like the TH. I found them at my local marine supply and bought a dozen, they come with a small fitting and you can use 1/4" clear hose. Grady White is using something like that too.