Adding scuppers.

[macojoe]

I have moved to a 23 Sea Ox self bailing deck, so no more V20 for me to play with, thats up to you guys now!

[mushman]

I was passing by West Marine today and looked at some scuppers, the guy there suggested getting a 1 inch bronze drain tube,sealant, and 2 3/4 inch one way scupper valve(thats all they had).
I asked if they had a 1 peice scupper(valve,tube togeter) and they didn't, but he said this way would be a better way of doing it.
Does this sound right?,he said the bronze is better than plastic.I think the plastic may be better, and easier.
What do you guys think?.

[macojoe]

Bronze is always better then plastic!!

As for using drain tube I guess that be all right? kind of small to let all the junk out of the boat?
I would go bigger

[mushman]

I figured it would be easier to just drill the hole,put some sealant around the thru hull, and just tighten up the fitting from the inside.
With the drain tube there are no threads or anything,it is just held in by the sealant, then the scupper is screwed to the outside of the hull.
Is the drain tube method the most prefered way to go?.

[macojoe]

Drain tubes are fine!! But most scuppers are larger then that to allow large stuff to come out of them, scales, fish gut, pieces of bait ect ect ect..

But they will work if thats what you want, just might have to clean them out offten to make them work good.

PM Hammer to have him show you the install he did with a bolt and some washers, this will make sure you get a good tight fit and sealed good.

[msbhammer]

THis is what I did. I added in line scuppers. Prevents water from coming in, but is a bit slow with water coming out.



Scupper is a bit higher then the deck making it a bit hard for water to drain. Shoot your drains straight out the back.



Use this web site for ordering deck drains.

http://www.thmarine.com/

I was gonna use these, but two of them, but I think there was a problem with teh deck height. I have a outboard, These might work on an I/O. Still have them if interested.


These deck drains work great. They have a ball valve that lets water drain, but doesnt let water in.

[mushman]

Thanks for the pics Hammer, looks great.That sure is a clean bilge you got there. :o
Thanks for the offer on the drains, but I'm going to try to use the ones that are allready there, I'd prefer to leave the deck alone if possible, and they have enough on them to get a hose attached to the drain tubes.

So I think this is what I'll end up using.With 3m 5200





What are your thought on using plastic a plastic one like this?.



This just seems so straight forward, and I like the design.I do understand that the bronze is better will last a lot longer and ther are no worries about the plastic cracking and water leakage.Any other reasons they aren't as good?.
I am going with the bronze just curious.

[msbhammer]

The bronze through hulls are for boats with splashwells I believe. There is a special tool to bend the outter piece, but I guess you can just caulk it.

Abit confused...you have a full transom, bracket ??
Water from the deck drains into your bilge, then pumps it out the gunnel. Are you planning to add the scuppers to pump water out ???

[msbhammer]

I would put these on the outside of the transom.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/T-H-M...QQcmdZViewItem

[mushman]

I have a full transom,ob on bracket.



My idea was to connect a tube from the deck drain straight accross to the drain tube and out the back, the way it is now the drains shoot the water on to my batteries then it flows down to the pump area, when the float kicks on and out the side it goes.
I just came back from the boat and it looks like the deck is lower than I thought.I have to go down and measure to make sure it's above the water level.Otherwise I'll live with it the way it is.