Plastic thru-hulls for deck drains

[ishmael]

You can access the top of the port forward scupper by removing the back of the galley storage cabinet above the range.  Just remove the screws and it will come out. 

The lower fitting can be access, via boat yoga, by removing the port settee seat, or sliding it all the way out if you are really flexible. 

Good luck,

Ron
SV Matchmaker

[POG]

Thanks Ron.

I guess I would have figured it out but this helped.

Carl / POG

[Henri Hali]

I had a hell of a time replacing the aft port deck drain hose.
Ron is correct in his suggestions.
The greatest problem I had was to get the relatively rigid  hose section onto the lower fitting.
My solution was to feed a line tied to the closest stanchion, fed it through the deck drain, the hose and the out the lower fitting. I then tied the other end tight to one of the jack stands. I lubricated the inside of the hose and the fitting with silicone. Using Ron's boat yoga I was then able to slip it over the fitting.

Hope this helps

Henri

[POG]

Using a line as a guide...  what a good, simple solution.

Carl / POG

[ishmael]

My original scupper hose was wire reinforced radiator hose.  Really stiff!  A bit of overkill I thought for a scupper drain.  I just substituted more flexible hose when I replaced mine.  Although, Using line is a great ideal that I will remember.

Ron

[RockysMate]

A Pearson 365 pilot house "Starchaser" out of Beaufort sunk during Hurricane Irene.  Her cockpit scupper through hulls were rubbed of by the pylons.   She is now at Sailcraft Services in Oriental, NC.   

[S/V Deo Volente]

I assume you meant "deck" drains. The original cockpit drains are bronze and quite low on the hull. I changed the deck drains to bronze a number of years ago and can't imagine them failing before the hull chafed through. I hope it gets salvaged, there aren't a lot of them to begin with.

[SailingSeaDragon]

Ouch!!!!