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Old 03-09-2019, 11:51 AM   #8
alfamike
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Stripper.

IMHO - Don't drill holes in the front of the bow of your hull just for your anchor lockers drainage. IMHO - That would be a mistake. You have a cored hull - you can't just drill any where without causing problems, if not done properly. Access to the inside of those holes you want to drill is difficult as well.

On the KK-42, IMHO, they would have to be to low on the hull to be of any value as far as anchor locker drainage goes & in a sea way & going into head seas to much water will come in. the anchor locker is by design, set up to drain to front bilge. The KK-42 Anchor locker is not sealed like some other boats are, so water can full up & spill out into the interior of the boat up there.

If there currently is a lot of water in there, look to see it source & why it is not draining & instead is gathering there becoming standing water, as ALL water that gets in there if all is OK is designed to drain to bilge where your bilge pumps, pump it over board, so something must be plugged up or restricting it free flow to the pump area.

Of course you could easily add a small bilge pump in there if you wanted which is a better solution that drilling holes in the bow hull.

Good Luck.

Alfa Mike
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