"Lew Hodgett" wrote in message
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"Steven Shelikoff" wrote:


Anyone have any good suggestions for keeping the strainers on the
cockpit drains clear? I went to the boat yesterday and again the drains
were clogged with debris caught by the strainers. Anything that happens
to fall in the cockpit (leaves, small twigs) have nowhere else to go
except the drain. It clogs, the cockpit fills with rainwater and it
eventually fills up as high as the companionway and gets into the boat.

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Go to any decent hardware store and get some rain gutter down spout drain
guards.

These days you can get them in plastic.

Shove them in cockpit drains when you leave boat, pull them when you
return since the will stand 3"-4" above cockpit sole.

Lew

Good idea... you could even cut them down if you think that's too tall.