Hi All,
Where does everyone's galley sink drain hose go? Mine is T'd into the port cockpit scupper drain hose, which I believe is the factory install.
'Trinity' is in the yard now having work done, and the yard is insisting that the current arrangement is not ABYC compliant, and not a good idea, and they no like.
They strongly suggest installing another thru-hull dedicated to the galley sink. Has anyone else done this? Did you drop the hose straight down or run it back into the lazarette?
Thanks for the help,
Marc
All our boats are fitted with the tee arragement. Tell them thatnks, but no thanks.
If we spent the money to bring our entire P356/367s up to current ABYC standards....we couldn't afford to own them. For insurance reasons, yards don't like to work on a system that isn't up to the latest ABYC standards out of fear of lawyers.
Mine is that way as well and I haven't changed it yet.
I guess the obvious problem is that if your cockpit fills due to a boarding wave (terrify by itself I'd imagine), then the water will drain into the galley sink and overflow into the cabin. With our monster cockpits, that's a lot of water.
Along with adding cockpit scuppers, I definitely plan on adding a separate galley seacock before heading too far offshore but until I need to start worrying about boarding waves, I'm not too concerned.
Mike
My 1982 Cutter has a factory installed dedicated thru-hull. The thru hull is derectly below the sink. It is a straight shot down to the thru-hull.
Thanks, I appreciate everyone's responses.
The cost is actually not very much, my reluctance actually stems from two very different things.
One is the feeling that every hole in the boat, below the waterline, is a percentage potential for the worst.
The second is the fact that the P365 has such limited stowage as it is, and the cabinet under the sink is a nice-sized area.
I will likely have them do the install. I spoke with my surveyor, and he said with modern fittings there is virtually no risk, and that they did it that way years ago but as Kevin's response shows they changed the practice over time to one drain per thru-hole.
Again, thanks to all for your very fast responses.
Best Regards,
Marc
Just don;t forget to put a seperate shutoff/ball valve or full blown seacock. Any hose below the waterline should have one....
Same here, Sea Dragon has a dedicated thru-hull w/seacock under the sink.
Garner