how many oles in your boat?

Below :

Heads inlet,
Heads Outlet,
Cockpit drains x 2,
Log transducer,
Depth transducer,
Engine inlet,


Above :

Exhaust,
Bilge pump 1 outlet
Bilge pump 2 outlet

7 below, 10 total. Sink currently plumbs into one of the cockpit drains but I intend to move it to its own above waterline through hull.


Boo2
 
Salty John said:
Wow, some of you have a lot of holes in your boat. A seachest, or water manifold, would help to minimise the holes and seacocks. Perhaps one on water in and one on water out:
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I asked here about plumbing a sea water inlet for the sink to the heads inlet and someone here said that boats' heads often leak back a bit so maybe the heads should have its own inlet in your drawing ?

Boo2
 
Our boat is a Finngulf and in the middle stern locker there is a stainless steel manifold discharging above water level to which run the bilge pumps. cockpit drains, fuel and water tank breathers, holding tank breather and gas locker drain. It is a neat arrangement but despite it there are seven more holes below the waterline for the saildrive (big one that), the loo inlet pipe, two sinks and the holding tank discharges, plus two transducers.
 
Hurley 30

Below the water

2- Heads Toilet in and out
1- Heads Basin outlet
1-Galley sink drain
1- Engine inlet
1 -Tranducer
1-Depthsounder
2 Cockpit Drains
2 -Anode ( only 10mm bolt holes )

Total below 11

At waterline

2 deck Drains / Bilge Pump
 
None, zero zilch, above or below. Got a great big letterbox thing that the keel drops through in the middle though, but its sealed up tighter than a ducks bumcheeks. E-Boat.
 
Georgio said:
Not seen one of those before, interesting idea but completely unnecessary because we all check the integrity of our seacocks regularly.....don’t we? :-)

Contessa 32…

2 - cockpit drains
1 - Engine
1 - main sink
1 - forward sink
2 - heads
2 - transducers

Total-9
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Failed this test. 2 cockpit drains, I compleatly forgot about them. Just as well they never leaked.:D
 
Zero skin fittings on my boat either; I once had a boat with 7 seacocks and they were a right pain, the through-hull log was even worse.

On my boat the cockpit and engine ( when shipped ) drain via the outboard well.

The sink pumps via a manual bilge pump, also into the well - and the pump has a hose & diverter valve to make a second, interior bilge pump if cowering below.

The loo is chemical, so no skin fittings and also useable when the boat is aground ( or in marinas ).

2 depthsounders, both fitted inside the hull.

The sight of that poor ketch in Emsworth Channel resting on the seabed makes me very glad not to have seacocks, and there's always the theory that lightning strikes can blow skin fittings clean out ! :eek:
 
oles in the boat

My little boat has 5
2 cockpit drain normally above water line.
entrance hatch
front hatch
Dirty great hole in the bottom full of centre board and surrounded by a wall that extends above water line.
I count the entrance and front hatch cos it is a bit tender so can't always guarantee their being above water line. (well actually so far always have been). olewill
 
Moody 31 Mk II

Below water line:

Log impeller (1, impeller removeable for servicing)
Echo-sounder transducer (1, permanently sealed)
Toilet (2)
Engine cooling inlet (1)

Above waterline

Exhaust (1)
Cockpit Drains (2)
Eberspacher exhaust (1)
Galley sink (1)
Heads Vanity unit (1)

The latter two are just about on the water-line and have sea-cocks. All sea-cocks have soft-wood plugs on a bit of string.
 
You are all doomed, doomed I tell you.

How long before we have some mournful prophet come on to warn you all that the next time you are struck by lightning it will blast all those centreboards, saildrives and seacocks straight out of your hull sending you straight to Davey Jones locker.
Happens all the time!

Warning, this post may contain traces of irony!
 
I wondered how long it would be before someone said none...

We have:

Below the waterline

Fwd heads

1 Toilet in
1 Toilet out
1 Sink out

1 Log
1 Echo sounder

1 Engine in

Galley:

1 Seawater in
1 sink drain from the two sinks
1 Fridge cooling plate

2 Cockpit drains

Aft Heads

1 Toilet in
1 Toilet out
1 Holding Tank out
1 sink out

1 stern tube

On the water line:

1 Engine exhaust
2 shower pump outlets

Above the waterline:

2 bilge pump outlets
1 holding tank vent on the stern
1 engine seawater tell tale outlet
1 Gas locker drain

So holes in the hull = 24 if I've counted correctly.

The shower outlets and engine exhaust didn't used to have seacocks on them but they have now! I haven't counted two for the anode ....
 
Old boat - seven

  • 2 x cockpit drains
  • heads in and out
  • galley sink
  • engine intake
  • log

New boat - six below the waterline. As above, except that cockpit drains combine into a single seacock. However, also four more that are within about a foot of the static waterline so will be immersed some of the time at sea:

  • engine exhaust
  • holding tank breather
  • manual bilge pump
  • shower sump drain
 
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