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All strainers moved to bilge

Started by P69, February 21, 2015, 09:51:29 PM

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I moved all raw water strainers (generator, air conditioner, deckwash/galley salt water) to the central bilge.  Main engine is already in bilge, just fwd of the v drive. While hauled out in December, I also moved the thru hulls to the central bilge (they were scattered between cockpit lockers and bilge by head). Now they are all in one place.  I thought of storing stuff in that bilge, but it was always wet from water  running in from the mast during rain.
Te bilge forward of mast is now empty of all thru hulls/pumps. The AC and deckwash pumps are mounted to the ledge just aft of the mast, above the bottom of the bilge.

I made the bracket out of stainless steel sheet, using cardboard templates. Sorry, no CAD drawings.
The strainer bracket is bolted to plywood base that is glassed to the bottom of bilge

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