Gary Mull Ranger 26 and cockpit drains: That does sound like the
boat I have Bob. How'd you know?

I have a friend who has one, who sold it to another friend. The Ranger
has spent over 10 years in the same slip. We all wondered about that
"design flaw" and each winter as the marina froze solid with 2-4"
thick ice and the temps droped to 0-10F for weeks at a
time................ we all concluded it must not be a problem if the
boat is still floating.

'Course, that very "fault" I consider
a feature because it was part of the reason that I got the boat so
cheap!

Great! What can I say....... the through hulls should freeze, split,
thaw, and flood the boat. They dont?!?!?!? Go figure......

Just thought I would pull ur chain a bit.............. Bob


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Actually, I haul her every year. My biggest problem is crud
accumulating in the drain holes during the period w/o the tarp on.
I've found that stuffing sections of nylon screen material down 'em
makes clean out a breeze.

I got the boat cheap because the cockpit had flooded (stored in cradle
but with no tarp) as well as the cabin from 2 years worth of rain
water. Everything below 2 feet in the cabin was wrecked including
electrical circuits. No problem, it was a great father son project.

That boat sails great and I think it's worth the effort, if anyone
finds one in need, to restore.

Todd

On Apr 19, 6:49 am, Todd wrote:

Actually, I haul her every year. My biggest problem is crud
accumulating in the drain holes during the period w/o the tarp on.
Todd

Hi:

If I remember right the cockpit drains openings are about 1" Max,
maybe 3/4" ID?

I say get that hole saw out and drill them over to 1 1/2" and put a
mushroom head hose barb throughhull as a drain. No standing water
problems then........ It would be all 1 1/2" then.

I had two 1 1/2" cockpit drains. I wanted to reduce the time it took
to empty my cockpit so I installed an adtioinal 2 1/4" ID drain. For a
while I was thinking to go cheep and just use a 2" ID ABS residential
shower drain. But went for the bronze through hull................
Bronze is a boys best friend.

Cheep boats are for practice and learning. Start learning how to
install through hulls! Next you can remodel the window openings and
install some macho ones.....
Bob