ksceviour
Senior Member
While I had all the chain out of our new (to us) boat recently I noticed water pooled in the bottom of the locker. Ok, drains are plugged I figured. Opened up an access panel (for the first time since it was built for sure) and groped around in a bunch of crud for a while until I realized there were no drain holes. WT*?
The pic shows the locker low point and no line or chain ever reached there. Aft behind the bulkhead is another compartment with the bow thruster. Initially I thought cool, they put in a water tight compartment for safety. Not!! The billge goes all the way forward under the thruster tunnel and the little piece of floor you see.
Oversight? Got closed in when the thruster was installed at God knows what date? Who knows?
The bottom of the locker is below the water line so an overboard drain is not an option. After cursing the builder and all his descendants I drilled drain holes to the bilge. I hate doing that because now I have to deal with exposed wood in the holes.
Before you ask, yes it's a Taiwan trawler so I'm not really surprised but still, a chain locker with no place to drain? Really?
What methods are out there for draining your lockers. I'm interested in knowing if the standard drain is into the bilge or overboard.
Post some pictures.
The pic shows the locker low point and no line or chain ever reached there. Aft behind the bulkhead is another compartment with the bow thruster. Initially I thought cool, they put in a water tight compartment for safety. Not!! The billge goes all the way forward under the thruster tunnel and the little piece of floor you see.
Oversight? Got closed in when the thruster was installed at God knows what date? Who knows?
The bottom of the locker is below the water line so an overboard drain is not an option. After cursing the builder and all his descendants I drilled drain holes to the bilge. I hate doing that because now I have to deal with exposed wood in the holes.
Before you ask, yes it's a Taiwan trawler so I'm not really surprised but still, a chain locker with no place to drain? Really?
What methods are out there for draining your lockers. I'm interested in knowing if the standard drain is into the bilge or overboard.
Post some pictures.