[C320-list] Cockpit drain question

[Jerry Schrock]

I had a Catalina 28 and when sailing healed over water accumulated there. No problem in the summer but in fall and spring it got cold standing in the water. Glad we have the scuppers there now.  
Jerry and Diana 
#500

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> On Aug 2, 2019, at 09:45, Scott Thompson <surprise at thompson87.com> wrote:
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> They are there to let water drain from the corners when the boat is heeled. I think it's more a matter of comfort than safety since a really big sea would mostly drain out the back. However if they were not in the early boats I suspect that Catalina got at least some feedback that there was a need. I do a reverse flush of them whenever I get a chance. It's amazing how much gunk comes out, especially the first time each Spring.
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>> On 8/2/2019 10:21 AM, Graeme Clark wrote:
>> 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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> Scott Thompson
> Surprise, #653
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