Drain hole in my 1983 V20 step-lift

[bilgsmf]

I have a project V20 that I am working on. I was cleaning out the cutty cabin and there is a large storage box inside the cutty that has a drain hole that looks like it drains to the inside/underside of my boat? I dont have any access to see if there is supposed to be a drain hose there or not. Anybody know if there is supposed to be a drain hose?
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[Pipe_Dream]

Can't see your photos, but I also have an '83. No drain hose. It drains into the bilge.

[phatdaddy]

Like Pipe says, it drains to the bilge and eventually out the drain in the transom. If you re seeing water in there, the hull has to be raise pretty high in the bow to get it to drain. If it***8217;s still not draining, it s probably a blockage in the pvc pipe under the fuel tank.

I ll see if i can find some pics

[steplift20]

That’s normal.

[phatdaddy]

Hers is a shot of the hull meeting the bulkhead that the cabin wall rest on, This is looking stern to bow. The anchor line locker also drains through here.

[bilgsmf]

I was stressing that I was going to need a drain hose! Thank God, one less thing to worry about.

[phatdaddy]

When I replaced the deck under the pedestal chairs I put in a hatch right outside of the cabin. This gave me access to that area to use as storage and dry it out. Also allowed me to get to the PVC drain pipe under the fuel tank to flush it out.

[bilgsmf]

What year is your V20? Do you have pictures of your boat and your mods?

[phatdaddy]

It s an 83, I bought it in 91. On it s third motor, all 150 Mercs.



this is the deck hatch I added. Was concerned because it is a high traffic area, but has held up well.




Lotta space under there



Not a boat mod, but adding this ramp to the boat shed was the best thing I ve done. Makes loading and unloading very easy.

[bilgsmf]

You must really love your V20 to have had it so long. How many times a year do you take it out? Any reason why you never went with a bigger motor? Interested in knowing your answer. Also the hatch you added, would there be enough room to make that hatch into a ice chest instead? I cant tell from your picture how much room there is. Could I go with a bigger hatch?