Does anyone know what these 2 large holes in my transom could be for?
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RAI
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Cockpit drains
Crinan12
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The cockpit already has drains on the cockpit floor though
These things enter the cockpit about half way up, there would need to be a lot of water in the cockpit before they drained anything
Thanks
These things enter the cockpit about half way up, there would need to be a lot of water in the cockpit before they drained anything
Thanks
scruff
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Topeedo launching tubes?
I'd suggest they were backup for draining the cockpit in case the proverbial hit the fan.
I'd suggest they were backup for draining the cockpit in case the proverbial hit the fan.
Crinan12
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Yeah probably
Thanks
Thanks
RAI
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Could they be fairleads for wind steering system that is now absent?
I still think cockpit drains. How high are your wash boards?
I still think cockpit drains. How high are your wash boards?
Crinan12
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They bottom of the washboards are about 450mm from cockpit floor and there pipes come through around 200 mm from cockpit floor
I asked the previous owner, he said he had no idea what they were for either
I asked the previous owner, he said he had no idea what they were for either
TernVI
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Do they go into straight tubes which may be much narrower further forwards?
They could be for danbuoys for the liferings.
A lot of boats have one, usually a bit higher up and to the side.
They could be for danbuoys for the liferings.
A lot of boats have one, usually a bit higher up and to the side.
Crinan12
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No same diameter all the way through - it's a plastic pipe
RAI
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Perhaps a previous owner had experienced the North Sea leaving the odd cubic metre in the cockpit every 7th wave and decided more drainage desirable.
Crinan12
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Yeah I guess that must be it!
TernVI
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If it doesn't go anywhere, it could still be danbuoy holders.
Other wise, it could be engine space vents or something?
Possibly related to a heating system? Back in the 90s I had a calor gas system with two transom poers but they were much smaller.
Mountings for some davits or self steering is possible.
The ingenuity of previous owners knows few limits.
Crinan12
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Def not for heating or engine vents but others a possibility!
LadyInBed
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Mounting holes for the frame of a wind vane steering system?
Tintin
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Bird nesting tubes?
penfold
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That's what I'd have said; are the tubes 'floppy' plastic or GRP? IIRC Aries wind vane gear fits 1.5" tubes about 16" apart.
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Crinan12
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The tubes are plastic not grp
I'm not familiar with vind vanes so never really thought of that
Topcat47
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I have a gas locker drain, bilge pump outlet and engine exhaust coming through my transom. Nothing close to looking like your bits though.
prv
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The various other suggestions might explain the transom end of things, but since these are pipes right through into the cockpit I can't see that they can be anything but heavy-weather drains. The fact they aren't right at the bottom doesn't matter; the standard drains can handle the last few inches.
Pete
Pete
penfold
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Drains makes no sense at all; if you want more capacity the floor of the cockpit is high enough to put the extra drains near or at floor level with little risk of back flooding unless you are well beyond hull speed and pulling a tsunami-sized stern wake, and if that is a concern a rubber flap on the outside stops it dead.
