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First recorded activity by BoatBanter: May 2007
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Strange transom holes...
HK wrote:
Chuck Gould wrote:
On Sep 1, 6:45?am, HK wrote:
http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b2...rangeholes.jpg
If you look at the transom just above the sharpest point of the vee
bottom, you'll see what looks like a pair of round chrome or stainless
drains.
They're surely below the waterline, so I'm wondering what they drain.
Not the hull under the deck, because if you look closely, you'll see the
usual bronze drain plug at the vee.
Where does your self bailing cockpit drain?
Are there flaps in the drain that would allow water out, but not in,
when th boat is underway?
The cockpit drains out of four-above-the-waterline holes in the transom.
Those holes have a flap covering them on the outside of the transom.
And, of course, if a lot of water gets in, it can rush out right *over*
the transom, one of the great advantages of a transom cut-out.
Keep telling yourself that, Harry.
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