How to eliminate water getting through the bow slider ?

[reelapeelin]

Originally Posted by bgreene

May be worth seeing - thanks for offering to show pics.

Looking for solution here. Improvement's a good thing but DRY solution is the goal to ELIMINATE water intrusion under these circumstances:

1. Rain
2. Wave related spray action related to rough water etc.

Anything short of this to me is wet vs dry.

Sort of like sleeping in a " sometimes wet bed." No thanks.

If you remove the slider you would see the raised guides on left and right connected in the middle to form a big H shape...it would not be impossible for water to fill the front of the H and overspill into the cuddy....also the guides themselves are bound to carch and channel water toward and then under the center glass...to avoid these sources RAINING, don't raise the bow too much on the trailer....there's a particular level where water runs aft in the cockpit and forward ahead of the windshield...it should find this level naturally when floating on the water and you can find it on the trailer as well...

When running w/the bow up, given enough water, it will find its way into the boat through either of the two routes above...I considered installing drains in the front of the H to give that water another place to go...hoses would run left and right and exhaust under the rub rail just ahead of the windshield...what comes thru the side channels(guides) and under the center glass is gonna be tougher..our at least I never thought of a good way to divert that water...Keep in mind all water that falls onto the slider when closed will run into those channels whether it's rain or spray...

[bgreene]

Originally Posted by reelapeelin

If you remove the slider you would see the raised guides on left and right connected in the middle to form a big H shape...it would not be impossible for water to fill the front of the H and overspill into the cuddy....also the guides themselves are bound to carch and channel water toward and then under the center glass...to avoid these sources RAINING, don't raise the bow too much on the trailer....there's a particular level where water runs aft in the cockpit and forward ahead of the windshield...it should find this level naturally when floating on the water and you can find it on the trailer as well...

When running w/the bow up, given enough water, it will find its way into the boat through either of the two routes above...I considered installing drains in the front of the H to give that water another place to go...hoses would run left and right and exhaust under the rub rail just ahead of the windshield...what comes thru the side channels(guides) and under the center glass is gonna be tougher..our at least I never thought of a good way to divert that water...Keep in mind all water that falls onto the slider when closed will run into those channels whether it's rain or spray...

Yup, I had removed the entire slider / cover and looked it over. Wait a moment - I thought you don't mind a little water in the cuddy ? I'm going to figure this out........and make it water tight to about 5,000 feet under water.

[Blue_Runner]

Here is what I thought about doing at one point. Have a small piece of sunbrella made to cover the sliding hatch area and snap up under the windsheild. Snaps wouldn't work so well on the front so (forgive me I don't know what it is called) have piping on the canvas that slides into those round aluminum channels like you see on some enclosures. Could also use the channel/piping on the sides if you wanted to.

I would probably only use when trailering/trolling in the rain cause it would make it a pain to use the slider!

BTW - got some pics yesterday. Gotta get my thumb drive out of the truck. Pics up before lunch time...r

Canvas covering area in red.

[Redneck]

I am in the process of doing the same thing of removing the sliders and recaulking. I notced that they warped a little bit and I am going to add a few more screws hopefully they wont pull away any more. This issue is my only with this boat.

[Blue_Runner]

The fishing was less than good. We ended with 5 or 6 dinky Mr. Whiskers 1 - 2 lbs and a couple of "knock downs." All released.

Cool thing about these jugs they have a strike indicator - piece of rebar that slides down the PVC essentially standing the jug up so you know it has been hit. Pretty cool.

BGREEN - bad pic and excuse my dirty drainage channels - but where the red line is and all the way up on the top too....

[bgreene]

Gotta like how calm it is where you fish..........

Me........ I'm stuck with mostly 2,3,4 foot seas because I fish the ocean off New Jersey.

So, I wind up plowing through the waves, spray, wind, rain etc....

DESTROYER is going to figure this out and come up with the best solution.

[bgreene]

By the way - saw a V21 in my area with a canvas that covered only the hatch on the bow, with snaps every 6" or so. Obviously, we're all in the same " BOAT" about this......

I doubt that his is now water tight, but it probably keeps some water out.

[Blue_Runner]

Originally Posted by bgreene

Gotta like how calm it is where you fish..........

LOL - that is just the local lake. I fish Virginia Beach during winter stripers (sometimes Oregon Inlet depending on where the fish are), Cape Hatteras for Memorial day cobia, dolphin, wahoo, tuna and whatever else, then the rest of the season Murrell's Inlet SC for BSB, trigger, snapper, king mack, sheepshead, sometimes dolphin and occasionally luck into a cobia.....caught a sailfish last season. Really want to get my grouper game going this season.

Trust me - I see my share of chop, wind, spray in these inlets! But yes, the lake is normally nice and laid back and an excellent source for getting the salt out of the engine's water passages.

[bgreene]

Originally Posted by Blue_Runner

LOL - that is just the local lake. I fish Virginia Beach during winter stripers (sometimes Oregon Inlet depending on where the fish are), Cape Hatteras for Memorial day cobia, dolphin, wahoo, tuna and whatever else, then the rest of the season Murrell's Inlet SC for BSB, trigger, snapper, king mack, sheepshead, sometimes dolphin and occasionally luck into a cobia.....caught a sailfish last season. Really want to get my grouper game going this season.

Trust me - I see my share of chop, wind, spray in these inlets! But yes, the lake is normally nice and laid back and an excellent source for getting the salt out of the engine's water passages.

Do you fish the V for those salt water locations ? Nice, I love it- that's some great fishing.
While I'm working today, friend had striped bass to 44 lbs trolling the spoons !!! Today !
The cows are in. I like to release those big breeders .