I have a 01’ sea pro that has scuppers that drain the deck of the boat. Those scuppers exit out both sides of the stern. As most people know this setup causes wet feet. Is there a problem with installng drains on both sides of the boat that will drain the water into the hull of the boat? This water then will be drained out via the bilge. This would obviously mean drilling two holes in the floor of the boat for the water to drain. Help.
R.D.S. IV
21’ SeaPro CC
150 2-stroke
Dosen’t sound like too good of a idea to me, all the water potentially coming into the cockpit that the scuppers are supposed to remove overboard will now be going straight into bilge. I’d rather have the cockpit fill with water then the bilge. Get a nerf football and tear a chunk off it and plug the scupper with it, that way it can be removed easily to drain large amounts of water in the cockpit overboard still.
Russ B.
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I wouldn’t think that would be a good idea either. What happens if your bilge pump fails? Plus, some boats (small boats like mine) have their batteries and perko switches down below also. Go with the idea that Russ suggested before filling up your bilge. Nothing wrong with a little water to cool your feet anyway…
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Don’t go directly into the bilge. There is another way to fix, but will require some work. It is the same system for shower installations on boats below the waterline. Basically it consists of a sealed box in the bilge that is vented above the waterline. The deck drains are plumbed into the box. Inside the box is a bilge pump with the discharge plumbed out of the box and overboard (above waterline with a loop like all bilge pumps should be).
Iain Pelto
Edgewater 185CC “Jumpin’ Bean II”
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I read same thing on another forum. Guy ended up adding 50’ of chain to his anchor. More weight up front will bring azz end up.
Thought it was pretty dumb, but he said it worked???
I would go with the nerf ballz
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quote:Draining water into the bilge (as you say the hull of the boat) sounds like a really bad idea. Scuppers are typically designed to handle water above the water line. I would recommend that you not turn a bad design into a really bad design. I'm not familiar with the specific scupper design for that boat. What size and shape are the scuppers? Are they the regular round brass ones or are they a rectangular flapper design?
Originally posted by IvyI have a 01’ sea pro that has scuppers that drain the deck of the boat. Those scuppers exit out both sides of the stern. As most people know this setup causes wet feet. Is there a problem with installng drains on both sides of the boat that will drain the water into the hull of the boat? This water then will be drained out via the bilge. This would obviously mean drilling two holes in the floor of the boat for the water to drain. Help.
R.D.S. IV
21’ SeaPro CC
150 2-stroke
You can be creative with little inshore boats but, boats running offshore are very serious.
you can buy a couple of scupper plugs from john at hanckel maring for under 10 bucks. i did and they work great or buy the foam football. you are right though; i have a 01 19’ cc seapro and the design sucks. otherwise i like the boat. serves my needs very well.
Thanks for the responses, they were in line with what I was expecting! The design is pretty bad.
R.D.S. IV
21’ SeaPro CC
150 2-stroke
Duck bill scuppers fixed my Key West.
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