[C320-list] Cockpit drain question

[Scott Westwood]

I may ask Catalina about them?  At a minimum I will replace the "T" with a "Y" and might replace with smooth tubing but I just don't see them working unless you heel often in bad weather.  If rain/weather is that bad I would not likely have sails up and heel much??  If in seas bad enough for a wave to fill cockpit I assume most would go out transom?  That little bitty hole would be some help I suppose.
Probably end up re-doing them and "try" to keep them clear (just to keep boat "original").
Had to ask.
Thanks,




Scott Westwood scottwestwood at bellsouth.net H (919)-362-8538    C (919)-618-7185
 

    On Friday, August 2, 2019, 10:45:47 AM EDT, Scott Thompson <surprise at thompson87.com> wrote:  
 
 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.

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
>
>> 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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>> Scott Westwood scottwestwood at bellsouth.net H (919)-362-8538    C (919)-618-7185

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Scott Thompson
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