Bernie Johnson (a reformed and penitent iconoclast).
hlg@pacbell.net wrote:
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> I added a 1-1/2-inch drain to my P14 (which had no drain at all). The hose
> is routed straight through the lazarette, and I installeed a flapper check
> valve on the outside of the transom, just below the waterline, and offset
> to one side of the rudder. I have a plug hanging by the opening in the
> cockpit, which is just off the cockpit sole in the forward wall of the
> lazarette, but the only time I took in some water through the drain and
> needed the plug was with three men in the cockpit. All parts, except the
> plug are in the West Marine catalog. It's hard to find a suitable plug of
> that size. I'm using an auto engine "freeze plug" replacement, but the
> metal part is rusting. I have a tapered all-rubber plug as a backup, but it
> doesn't plug in as firmly as I would like.
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> Harry Gordon
> P14 #234, Manatee
> Mountain View, CA
>
> Hi All
> > Has anyone concidered leving the original drain alone and just adding a
> >second drain straitght out the back of the cockpit about 2in up and 1 1/2 to
> >2in in diamiter. With a flapper or some sorte of check. The large drain would
> >get rid of any large volume of water fast and the stock drain could finish
> >the job.As I recall a straight threw drain will remove water faster than
> >making a lot of bends.
> >Bruce Appling
> >p19 ITZAKIK
> >Monroe,Wa