Rutu has 3 small lockers built into he swim platform for snorkeling
equipment. It will be impossible to keep them dry so the side lockers drain
into the center one and I was planning to install a small bilge pump. I am
now thinking that a throughhull drain would be simpler and more reliable but
the drain will be only about 2" above the water line. Any little swell at
anchor will push water back up into the locker. I have seen 1 1/2" cockpit
drains with a ball float that seal when below the water line but they are to
large. Has anyone seen a similar device in the 3/4" to 1" range?

--
Glenn Ashmore

I'm building a 45' cutter in strip/composite. Watch my progress (or lack
there of) at: http://www.rutuonline.com
Shameless Commercial Division: http://www.spade-anchor-us.com

Glenn Ashmore wrote:
Rutu has 3 small lockers built into he swim platform for snorkeling
equipment. It will be impossible to keep them dry so the side lockers drain
into the center one and I was planning to install a small bilge pump. I am
now thinking that a throughhull drain would be simpler and more reliable but
the drain will be only about 2" above the water line. Any little swell at
anchor will push water back up into the locker. I have seen 1 1/2" cockpit
drains with a ball float that seal when below the water line but they are to
large. Has anyone seen a similar device in the 3/4" to 1" range?

yes, in PVC. It looks like a very thick plastic union fitting.

If you can't find one locally,, I am sure that I can get one at my local
plumbing supply. I'm not sure that is has a ball *float*, but it does
have a ball that will check the water flow.

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neutrality in times of moral crisis.”

Sunfish had simple bronze suction bailers.. I think they had some kind of
check ball.



"Glenn Ashmore" wrote in message
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Rutu has 3 small lockers built into he swim platform for snorkeling
equipment. It will be impossible to keep them dry so the side lockers
drain
into the center one and I was planning to install a small bilge pump. I
am
now thinking that a throughhull drain would be simpler and more reliable
but
the drain will be only about 2" above the water line. Any little swell at
anchor will push water back up into the locker. I have seen 1 1/2"
cockpit
drains with a ball float that seal when below the water line but they are
to
large. Has anyone seen a similar device in the 3/4" to 1" range?

--
Glenn Ashmore

I'm building a 45' cutter in strip/composite. Watch my progress (or lack
there of) at: http://www.rutuonline.com
Shameless Commercial Division: http://www.spade-anchor-us.com

"Jim Conlin" wrote in

Sunfish had simple bronze suction bailers.. I think they had some kind of
check ball.

That is sort of what I am looking for. A low profile self bailer with a
check ball.

--
Glenn Ashmore

I'm building a 45' cutter in strip/composite. Watch my progress (or lack
there of) at: http://www.rutuonline.com
Shameless Commercial Division: http://www.spade-anchor-us.com

--

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"Glenn Ashmore" wrote in message
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Rutu has 3 small lockers built into he swim platform for snorkeling
equipment. It will be impossible to keep them dry so the side lockers
drain into the center one and I was planning to install a small bilge
pump. I am now thinking that a throughhull drain would be simpler and
more reliable but the drain will be only about 2" above the water line.
Any little swell at anchor will push water back up into the locker. I
have seen 1 1/2" cockpit drains with a ball float that seal when below the
water line but they are to large. Has anyone seen a similar device in the
3/4" to 1" range?

--
Glenn Ashmore

I'm building a 45' cutter in strip/composite. Watch my progress (or lack
there of) at: http://www.rutuonline.com
Shameless Commercial Division: http://www.spade-anchor-us.com

Then look at http://www.dinghyshop.com/sunfish/bailer.html


"Glenn Ashmore" wrote in message
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"Jim Conlin" wrote in

Sunfish had simple bronze suction bailers.. I think they had some kind
of
check ball.

That is sort of what I am looking for. A low profile self bailer with a
check ball.

--
Glenn Ashmore

I'm building a 45' cutter in strip/composite. Watch my progress (or lack
there of) at: http://www.rutuonline.com
Shameless Commercial Division: http://www.spade-anchor-us.com

The Chebacco I'm building has an anchor storage space forward of the first
bulkhead. The inside "sole" is above the waterline, so I intend to bore a
3/4" diameter drain hole, and staple the center from a Pringle can lid on
the outside as a flap valve. Suitable shims will pretty up the forward edge
and bias the flap closed. It should drain faster than it floods if I do it
right. It will be a couple of inches above the waterline most of the time
if she floats on her lines. Cheaper and easier to clean than a ball valve.

The bailer on my Sunfish was frozen shut when I got it and has never been
opened. A butchered plastic milk jug moves the water out quite well. A
cheap sponge finishes it dry if that's required. I would have removed it to
get rid of the lump on the bottom, but that's not allowed by the racing
committee.

Roger

http://home.earthlink.net/~derbyrm

"Glenn Ashmore" wrote in message
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Rutu has 3 small lockers built into he swim platform for snorkeling
equipment. It will be impossible to keep them dry so the side lockers
drain into the center one and I was planning to install a small bilge
pump. I am now thinking that a throughhull drain would be simpler and
more reliable but the drain will be only about 2" above the water line.
Any little swell at anchor will push water back up into the locker. I
have seen 1 1/2" cockpit drains with a ball float that seal when below the
water line but they are to large. Has anyone seen a similar device in the
3/4" to 1" range?

That looks like a winner. The hull is to thick for the threaded neck so I
would have to fabricate something but the housing, gasket and ball will
work.

--
Glenn Ashmore

I'm building a 45' cutter in strip/composite. Watch my progress (or lack
there of) at: http://www.rutuonline.com
Shameless Commercial Division: http://www.spade-anchor-us.com

"Jim Conlin" wrote in message
...
Then look at http://www.dinghyshop.com/sunfish/bailer.html


"Glenn Ashmore" wrote in message
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"Jim Conlin" wrote in

Sunfish had simple bronze suction bailers.. I think they had some kind
of
check ball.

That is sort of what I am looking for. A low profile self bailer with a
check ball.

--
Glenn Ashmore

I'm building a 45' cutter in strip/composite. Watch my progress (or lack
there of) at: http://www.rutuonline.com
Shameless Commercial Division: http://www.spade-anchor-us.com

This is what I was going to suggest. I have made flaps like this out of a
real heavy dacron material (about 3 inches wide, and the name of which
escapes me at the moment) I got from a sailmaker,

"Roger Derby" wrote in message
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The Chebacco I'm building has an anchor storage space forward of the first
bulkhead. The inside "sole" is above the waterline, so I intend to bore a
3/4" diameter drain hole, and staple the center from a Pringle can lid on
the outside as a flap valve. Suitable shims will pretty up the forward
edge and bias the flap closed. It should drain faster than it floods if I
do it right. It will be a couple of inches above the waterline most of
the time if she floats on her lines. Cheaper and easier to clean than a
ball valve.

The bailer on my Sunfish was frozen shut when I got it and has never been
opened. A butchered plastic milk jug moves the water out quite well. A
cheap sponge finishes it dry if that's required. I would have removed it
to get rid of the lump on the bottom, but that's not allowed by the racing
committee.

Roger

http://home.earthlink.net/~derbyrm

"Glenn Ashmore" wrote in message
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Rutu has 3 small lockers built into he swim platform for snorkeling
equipment. It will be impossible to keep them dry so the side lockers
drain into the center one and I was planning to install a small bilge
pump. I am now thinking that a throughhull drain would be simpler and
more reliable but the drain will be only about 2" above the water line.
Any little swell at anchor will push water back up into the locker. I
have seen 1 1/2" cockpit drains with a ball float that seal when below
the water line but they are to large. Has anyone seen a similar device
in the 3/4" to 1" range?

Might it make sense to grind thin a section of the cedar 'core' re-glass the
inside and think of it as a sump for the bailer?
Just a guess.
J


"Glenn Ashmore" wrote in message
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.... The hull is to thick for the threaded neck