2024 FSH 222 Sport cup and rod holder drainage DIY

NCarolinaFSH · Sep 1, 2024

I posted this on all of the JetBoat/FSH Facebook pages and figured it could help here for others up to the task. Overall this could apply to any model but parking it in the 2024 model folders since that’s what I have.

Comprehensive cup holder and rod holder drainage DIY.
(Hopefully lol)

2024 Yamaha FSH 222 Sport

I took the boat out today for a good bit with my family. Off and on the boat a bunch and happy to report when we got out I pulled the butt plug and maybe an ounce of water drained. Kept an eye on levels out on the water and no increase (to make sure I didn’t pull the boat out the water right after a bilge pump operation).

All drainage directs water to the main deck so that the natural drainage out of the boat can occur instead of the bilge.

Other things I’ve done to ensure water doesn’t sneak into the bilge as follows:

1. Sealed main deck drains. Used LifeCalk.
2. Sealed top port of all cup holders. Used LifeCalk.
3. Sealed fuel tank access and wet locker removable maintenance plate with 1/8” thick x 1” wide weather stripping tape on the underside. Also used flat gasket rings on all of the screws.
4. Sealed all speakers. Used LifeCalk.
5. Used marine weather stripping from HD around all hatches.
6. LifeCalk around everything removable on the center console. Still have slight leakage from the steering and throttle assemblies, and rocker switches. If anyone can chime in here would be great.

Materials:
(Didn’t quantify lengths or quantities but a lot lol)

1. 3/8” ID Braided Hose.
2. 3/8” Tee Barbs
3. Gemlux 3/8” Deck Drains
4. 3/4 SS Worm Gear Clamps
5. 2” SS Worm Gear Clamps
6. 1/8” thick 1” wide flat weather strip tape
7. Marine weather strip from HD

If anyone needs any additional pictures or support let me know. Trying to help.

CastawayRK · Sep 1, 2024

Thanks for posting and welcome! This is on my unending projects list. To me it’s unacceptable that cup holders drain into otherwise dry storage like the pods. It never occurred to me to drain them to the deck where it will go out the scuppers. Nice!

NCarolinaFSH · Sep 1, 2024

Yeah my first attempt with this was routing everything to the bilge and quickly went back to the drawing board. This method gives a factory look and function. I was shocked to discover this wasn’t factory or atleast the cup holders being sealed. This is my first purchased boat so learned a lot about what to look for quick.

FSH 210 Sport · Sep 2, 2024

Well done!

About all you can do for the rocker switches would be to pop them up and bed them in a caulk or sealant but it should be a sealant that can be removed relatively easy.

Eventually you’ll find the last place that water can get into the bilge and nothing will come out of the drain at the end of the day. I was occasionally getting a tiny bit of water out of the bilge at the end of the day and I traced that to the oem slip fit connector on the raw water wash down system, pulled the fitting out and wiped it down and put it back together and so far no leak there.

Again, well done and thanks for posting!

Here’s a couple of links to threads I’ve done.

Post in thread 'Rod holder / cup holder drain re route'

Apr 21, 2024

MilesPrower said:
None of the rod holders and only some of the cup holders on my boat had factory-installed drains. The gunwale rod holder next to the trash-bin locker, for example, poured water directly into the trash bin. I had to purchase rod-holder bottom-funnel thingies in order to clamp drain tubing on them.

Of the 6 cap rail mounted 30* rod holders only 2, yes 2 had drains hooked up to them, the 2 were the 30* rod holders pictured in this thread, the 0* rod holders you see I added. The other 4 cap rail mounted 30* rod holders drained into the aft storage compartments, and the two 0* degree...

These vertical rod holders up front were intended for rod riggers, but they get a lot of use holding my trolling rods while I’m either rigging them up or taking them down, but have been very handy when changing lures and such. The transom center rod holder has become a great place for putting my net or a single long line out the back with three down riggers in the water.

Thread 'Adding Rod holders and rod holder drains.'

Apr 13, 2022

I added three zero degree rod holders, two were mounted 12” forward from the forward most 30° OEM rod holders, and the third was mounted in the transom behind the helm seat. These 0° rod holders I bought from Yamaha as the two OEM transom mounted rod holders are 0°

Interestingly there is a spot in the center of the transom where the non skid changes to smooth and it appears this space was intended for a 0° rod holder.

So, the reader has obviously noticed the chinger in the gel coat, and it’s circular shape, this was caused by a hail stone and...

Post 4,188 in this thread

Post in thread 'The official "What did you do to your jet boat today" thread.'

Jul 20, 2023

So was on the lake yesterday and decided to give the inside a hood wash down with scrubbing using my raw water wash down.

When I got home and pulled some clothes out of the port storage pod they were wet. ? Today I had a look at the cup holders on the storage pods and they were not sealed.

Then had a look at the ones on the helm as the last time I got rained on I found a bit of water in the head compartment. Not sealed either.

These four were not sealed, I missed them when I had sealed the other four, two in the bow and two on the transom.

I...

FSH 210 Sport · Sep 2, 2024

AlpharettaRK said:
Thanks for posting and welcome! This is on my unending projects list. To me it’s unacceptable that cup holders drain into otherwise dry storage like the pods. It never occurred to me to drain them to the deck where it will go out the scuppers. Nice!

Right? I was surprised when I found the rod holders drained into the aft storage compartments, bow cup holders drained into the under seat storage areas, and the transom mounted cup and rod holders into the bilge and none of the cup holders were sealed when they were installed.

CastawayRK · Sep 2, 2024

I stuck some chewing gum in the cup holders last time it rained. But then I had cup holders full of water that I had to get out to let the gum dry so it would come out. But my stuff stayed dry. Drains would be better!
I like draining onto deck except maybe for sloshing a coke or adult beverage which then ends up on the deck instead of bilge. But of course right now it’s going to end up in storage compartment.

Georgia4Low · Sep 5, 2024

Awesome Work Sir!

2024 FSH 222 Sport cup and rod holder drainage DIY

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