You guys are pretty clever at coming up with clever solutions to obscure problems, so I have one for you. Please refer to the attached pic of the rear seat hatch on my Ponmpano 23.
Due to the configuration and slope of the seat, the rim around the hatch fills with rain water and overflows into the bilge compartment below, getting everything down there wet. The water never gets high enough to get over the drain fitting in back of the hatch- it overflows into the hatch first. Bad design for sure.
I have thought about gluing a fitting into the grove that would accept a small hose. I would then splice that hose into the one currently hooked to the rear drain and plug that one off. That should let any water drain through the fitting into the hose and out the side. Anyone know of small diameter fittings that would fit nearly flush in that groove. Mine would just be a barbed fitting that I would glue in place.
Anyone got any better ideas? How about suggestions for the builder that might require a small mod to his molds? One idea is to mold a deep groove to channel the water forward. This is routinely done on sailboat bench hatches.
David
Due to the configuration and slope of the seat, the rim around the hatch fills with rain water and overflows into the bilge compartment below, getting everything down there wet. The water never gets high enough to get over the drain fitting in back of the hatch- it overflows into the hatch first. Bad design for sure.
I have thought about gluing a fitting into the grove that would accept a small hose. I would then splice that hose into the one currently hooked to the rear drain and plug that one off. That should let any water drain through the fitting into the hose and out the side. Anyone know of small diameter fittings that would fit nearly flush in that groove. Mine would just be a barbed fitting that I would glue in place.
Anyone got any better ideas? How about suggestions for the builder that might require a small mod to his molds? One idea is to mold a deep groove to channel the water forward. This is routinely done on sailboat bench hatches.
David