[C320-list] Cockpit drain question

[John morrison]

I just replaced the old hose on my cockpit drains with the smooth stuff, wish I’d 'ave thought of a Y fitting. Any how I’ve arranged the hoses so that they drain properly. You will note below the vintage of my vessel.
The propane hose is another matter, the thru hull has a downward angle and I cannot keep water out of the hose, which of course would not allow any propane gas leak to drain. I’m thinking a 90degree fitting might work? 
JohnM
1999#574
> On Aug 2, 2019, at 10:21 AM, Graeme Clark <cg at skyflyer.co.uk> wrote:
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> That’s interesting!
> No cockpit drains are fitted to my present or previous C320, both Mk 1
> If the going gets rough we would simply remove the slide in plexiglass panel from the step through to the sugar scoop.
> Is yours a Mk 2 or otherwise modified?
> Graeme
> #366 - 1996
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> Sent from my iPad
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>> On 2 Aug 2019, at 15:15, Scott Westwood <scottwestwood at bellsouth.net> wrote:
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>> I was wondering... do we really need those drains?  I was going to replace the "T" fitting with a "Y" fitting between the 2 cockpit drains.  They never seem to clear cleanly.  With the step through transom are they really needed at all?
>> I was thinking of replacing the whole line with smooth tubing instead of ribbed but then I thought that the holes are not at the bottom unless heeled way over.  Then you would have to take on a significant wave to fill up the cockpit.
>> If safety first, in rough seas, then I will re-do them but anybody just closed them off?
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>> Thanks,
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>> Scott Westwood scottwestwood at bellsouth.net H (919)-362-8538    C (919)-618-7185
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