Rear storage lid drains

[Hector Leiva]

Tail waters, wondering if you ever completed the installation. Regards.

 

[Tailwaters]

Not as of yet. It's in a storage building behind my office. Meaning not conveniently parked in my driveway . I am planning on starting the install in the next couple weeks. The live well drain is the only one I'm struggling with.

 

[Hector Leiva]

You may already be aware of this, but If you’re concern is where/ how to mount and route the drain line; you can easily remove the 5 gallon bucket holder from the compartment directly behind the live well by removing some 8 screws. Removing the bucket holder give you plenty of room and access to the live well.

 

[Tailwaters]

Yep that's what I was leaning towards. As of right now the plan is to drain the jump seats as well as the engine compartment lid drains into the engine compartment bilge. The battery compartment as well as the live well drains will go to the transom area bilge. If I recall correctly the low spot in each channel is on the outside of the boat. If at all possible I would prefer to just install one drain in each of the areas. Prior to installing I’ll poor some water into each so called self-draining channel and determine where the low spot is.

 

[Grover70]

My most recent attempt at draining some of the standing water:
Every time I open the engine compartment there is about three cups of water that pour out after I wash down the deck. The simple solution was to just drill a 3/8" hole and mount the tubing into the hole and stabilize it with a bracket. Now the water just drains to the bilge. Cheap and easy.

 

[Tailwaters]

So were you able to drill the holes straight without removing the lid?

 

[Grover70]

So were you able to drill the holes straight without removing the lid?

I left the lid on and drilled in at a slight angle. Correspondingly I cut the tubing at a similar angle. Then I rested the tubing in some silicone.

 

[Tailwaters]

I wondered. I am thinking I will need to remove the hatch to get a night straight hole. Nothing is as easy as you think it would be

 

[Grover70]

Based on what I'm seeing with the drainage don't worry so much about the angle of the hole as much as how flush the drain tubing is with the channel. The water doesn't care as long as gravity keeps obeying the law.