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Hi all,
Just wondering if anyone has dealt with a loose cockpit drain fitting? The drain hoses seem to be in perfect shape, as are the through hulls, but I am told that under the floor of the cockpit, around the drain, used to be plywood that kept the drain fitting nice and tight, which has apparently dry rotted to dust, thus causing some play when you wiggle the hoses. Is this urgent, and if so how tough of a job is this. Any comments or advice would be gratefuly welcomed!
Cheers!
Ian Longman
C&C 27 MKII 'Strider'
If it's been going on so long that the ply backing plate has completely rotted away, a few decades more or less won't matter. But seriously, a fix should be on your to-do list after haulout, as a good bit of the rain that falls in your cockpit will be going through the gaps and you don't always want water sloshing around in your bilge.
What will be difficult, in my experience, is removing the drain hoses -- they're stiff and old rubber tends to bond like Krazy Glue. You might be lucky (and a powerful hairdryer softens the hose, which improves your luck), but I ended up cutting my hoses in half and levering them off. I didn't mind having to cut as the surveyor had condemned them. I can't remember for sure, but I may even have had to cut one off the fitting. Closer examination showed that the rubber was a maze of fine cracks - not dangerous, but the surveyor was right.
If you do replace the hoses, make sure you get approved hoses as replacements or you may not pass your next insurance survey - which means no insurance, which means you'll get booted out of most marinas or clubs.
David Weatherston
Towser, Toronto
C&C 27 Mk IV
David Weatherston
Towser, Toronto
C&C 27 Mk IV
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Thanks David!
This information is very helpful! Is replacement hose readily available, just in case?
Thanks again!
Ian
Available, yes. Readily, depends on your suppliers. There's an earlier discussion of hoses here. If I were you, I'd do the repair right after haulout, so you've got lots of time to order hose from whoever turns out to be your supplier.
David Weatherston
Towser, Toronto
C&C 27 Mk IV
David Weatherston
Towser, Toronto
C&C 27 Mk IV
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Cheers David!
Strider is actually not in the water right now, so I will add this to the list of chores to do before spring launch.
Ian
Have just replaced cockpit drain hoses, rebedded the plastic drain fittings and replaced the plywood backing blocks. I purchased top quality hose (2 inch O.D, 1.5 inch I.D.) from a local truck supply shop; it's USCG, etc. approved and was priced, gulp, by the inch. That said, as has been observed already, even expensive hose is cheap insurance. Unlike David, I didn't have to hacksaw mine at the midpoint; they were so far gone that I was able to crush them by hand so I must have been a very short time away from having one of Ottawa's major summer monsoons put a lot of water on the wrong side of the hull!! That said, it was an easy job.
Ken Pole
1975 Mark III Santiva
Ottawa
Ken Pole, Ottawa
1975 Mark III Santiva
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Thanks Ken, I'm sure you sleep alittle better at night now.
Ian Longman
'Strider' MK II
Hi Ken,
Just out of curiosity, do you remember what thickness the plywood was you used for the backing plate? Also, was it a 1.5" hole you drilled for the fitting? Any additional info on this subject would be helpful.
Cheers
Ian
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