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Old 09-12-2015, 03:00 PM   #13
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Originally Posted by kthoennes View Post
Same thought here. On our previous boat, an old Carver 3207, the limber hole and tube between the engine bay bilge and the bilge compartment under the galley floor was originally a half inch - until the previous owner painted the bilge with thick gray garage floor coating. I could find no way (no clear angle) to drill it out bigger so cleaning that tube became a monthly maintenance ritual (anchor locker drained into the forward compartment).
The old school way to deal with that was to run a continuos line through each limber hole that was anchor at each end by a spring. Assuming the limber holes are reasonably inline. Then to unclog the limber holes you just pulled up and down on the line to move it in and out of the holes. Works real well if you're flushing the holes with water while you work the line.
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