Strange transom holes...
 

On Sat, 01 Sep 2007 10:06:14 -0400, HK wrote:

I dunno. Most recirculating livewells I have seen on small boats (like
all the small boats I have owned) have a bronze inlet in the bottom of
the hull and an overflow that pumps out above the waterline, again, so
you know the overflow is working.

Not that I doubt your experience, but I have never seen an outflow for
a live well on a small boat.

Almost all live well circulation inlet/outlets are below the water
line.

Strange transom holes...
 

"Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in message
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On Sat, 01 Sep 2007 10:06:14 -0400, HK wrote:

I dunno. Most recirculating livewells I have seen on small boats (like
all the small boats I have owned) have a bronze inlet in the bottom of
the hull and an overflow that pumps out above the waterline, again, so
you know the overflow is working.

Not that I doubt your experience, but I have never seen an outflow for
a live well on a small boat.

Almost all live well circulation inlet/outlets are below the water
line.

I don't know what you mean by small but my Lund 1900 Pro-V had an overflow
for the live wells above the water line.

Strange transom holes...
 

Short Wave Sportfishing wrote:
On Sat, 01 Sep 2007 10:06:14 -0400, HK wrote:

I dunno. Most recirculating livewells I have seen on small boats (like
all the small boats I have owned) have a bronze inlet in the bottom of
the hull and an overflow that pumps out above the waterline, again, so
you know the overflow is working.

Not that I doubt your experience, but I have never seen an outflow for
a live well on a small boat.

Almost all live well circulation inlet/outlets are below the water
line.


Really? My SeaPros had outflow drains above the waterline, and my Parker
does, too.

That's what the stainless steel fitting is for on the transom...it's the
outflow hole for the live well.

Strange transom holes...
 

On Sat, 01 Sep 2007 19:35:18 -0400, HK wrote:

Short Wave Sportfishing wrote:
On Sat, 01 Sep 2007 10:06:14 -0400, HK wrote:

I dunno. Most recirculating livewells I have seen on small boats (like
all the small boats I have owned) have a bronze inlet in the bottom of
the hull and an overflow that pumps out above the waterline, again, so
you know the overflow is working.

Not that I doubt your experience, but I have never seen an outflow for
a live well on a small boat.

Almost all live well circulation inlet/outlets are below the water
line.


Really? My SeaPros had outflow drains above the waterline, and my Parker
does, too.

http://www.parkerboats.net/pages/boa....jsp?boatid=22

Those two litle holes on the starboard side of the engine are the
inlet and outlet I believe.

I was on two Sea Pro boats this summer and those were both below the
water line - I know because I helped launch and recover them.

Doesn't mean there ain't no boats with outlets above the waterline,
but I've never seen one.

That's what the stainless steel fitting is for on the transom...it's the
outflow hole for the live well.

Gotta pic of your whole stern?

Get it - whole? Hole?

~~ It's never gonna end. :) ~~

Not that I don't believe you.

Strange transom holes...
 

Short Wave Sportfishing wrote:
On Sat, 01 Sep 2007 19:35:18 -0400, HK wrote:

Short Wave Sportfishing wrote:
On Sat, 01 Sep 2007 10:06:14 -0400, HK wrote:

I dunno. Most recirculating livewells I have seen on small boats (like
all the small boats I have owned) have a bronze inlet in the bottom of
the hull and an overflow that pumps out above the waterline, again, so
you know the overflow is working.
Not that I doubt your experience, but I have never seen an outflow for
a live well on a small boat.

Almost all live well circulation inlet/outlets are below the water
line.

Really? My SeaPros had outflow drains above the waterline, and my Parker
does, too.

http://www.parkerboats.net/pages/boa....jsp?boatid=22

Those two litle holes on the starboard side of the engine are the
inlet and outlet I believe.

I was on two Sea Pro boats this summer and those were both below the
water line - I know because I helped launch and recover them.

Doesn't mean there ain't no boats with outlets above the waterline,
but I've never seen one.

That's what the stainless steel fitting is for on the transom...it's the
outflow hole for the live well.

Gotta pic of your whole stern?

Get it - whole? Hole?

~~ It's never gonna end. :) ~~

Not that I don't believe you.


Nope. Those two holes are two of the four outlets for the cockpit drain.
There are two more just like it on the other side of the engine. On my
boat, the holes have a horizontal flap cover.

http://tinyurl.com/2kmznp


The round stainless through-hull under the port flap is the drain for
the livewell.

Strange transom holes...
 

HK wrote:
Short Wave Sportfishing wrote:
On Sat, 01 Sep 2007 10:06:14 -0400, HK wrote:

I dunno. Most recirculating livewells I have seen on small boats
(like all the small boats I have owned) have a bronze inlet in the
bottom of the hull and an overflow that pumps out above the
waterline, again, so you know the overflow is working.

Not that I doubt your experience, but I have never seen an outflow for
a live well on a small boat.

Almost all live well circulation inlet/outlets are below the water
line.


Really? My SeaPros had outflow drains above the waterline, and my Parker
does, too.

That's what the stainless steel fitting is for on the transom...it's the
outflow hole for the live well.

Many boats have bait wells in the floor. They would have to drain below
the waterline.

Dan

Strange transom holes...
 

JimH wrote:
"HK" wrote in message
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Short Wave Sportfishing wrote:
On Sat, 01 Sep 2007 19:35:18 -0400, HK wrote:

Short Wave Sportfishing wrote:
On Sat, 01 Sep 2007 10:06:14 -0400, HK wrote:

I dunno. Most recirculating livewells I have seen on small boats (like
all the small boats I have owned) have a bronze inlet in the bottom of
the hull and an overflow that pumps out above the waterline, again, so
you know the overflow is working.
Not that I doubt your experience, but I have never seen an outflow for
a live well on a small boat.

Almost all live well circulation inlet/outlets are below the water
line.
Really? My SeaPros had outflow drains above the waterline, and my Parker
does, too.
http://www.parkerboats.net/pages/boa....jsp?boatid=22

Those two litle holes on the starboard side of the engine are the
inlet and outlet I believe.

I was on two Sea Pro boats this summer and those were both below the
water line - I know because I helped launch and recover them.

Doesn't mean there ain't no boats with outlets above the waterline,
but I've never seen one.

That's what the stainless steel fitting is for on the transom...it's the
outflow hole for the live well.
Gotta pic of your whole stern?

Get it - whole? Hole?

~~ It's never gonna end. :) ~~

Not that I don't believe you.

Nope. Those two holes are two of the four outlets for the cockpit drain.
There are two more just like it on the other side of the engine. On my
boat, the holes have a horizontal flap cover.

http://tinyurl.com/2kmznp


The round stainless through-hull under the port flap is the drain for the
livewell.


Why not just ask your dealer or Parker?



The boat I asked the question about is not a Parker. In fact, I don't
know what it is, other than a fairly typical 18' or 19' dual
console/center console hull. Could be anybody's make.

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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?

Strange transom holes...
 

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.

Strange transom holes...
 

On Sat, 01 Sep 2007 19:58:55 -0400, HK wrote:

Short Wave Sportfishing wrote:
On Sat, 01 Sep 2007 19:35:18 -0400, HK wrote:

Short Wave Sportfishing wrote:
On Sat, 01 Sep 2007 10:06:14 -0400, HK wrote:

I dunno. Most recirculating livewells I have seen on small boats (like
all the small boats I have owned) have a bronze inlet in the bottom of
the hull and an overflow that pumps out above the waterline, again, so
you know the overflow is working.
Not that I doubt your experience, but I have never seen an outflow for
a live well on a small boat.

Almost all live well circulation inlet/outlets are below the water
line.

Really? My SeaPros had outflow drains above the waterline, and my Parker
does, too.

http://www.parkerboats.net/pages/boa....jsp?boatid=22

Those two litle holes on the starboard side of the engine are the
inlet and outlet I believe.

I was on two Sea Pro boats this summer and those were both below the
water line - I know because I helped launch and recover them.

Doesn't mean there ain't no boats with outlets above the waterline,
but I've never seen one.

That's what the stainless steel fitting is for on the transom...it's the
outflow hole for the live well.

Gotta pic of your whole stern?

Get it - whole? Hole?

~~ It's never gonna end. :) ~~

Not that I don't believe you.

Nope. Those two holes are two of the four outlets for the cockpit drain.
There are two more just like it on the other side of the engine. On my
boat, the holes have a horizontal flap cover.

http://tinyurl.com/2kmznp


The round stainless through-hull under the port flap is the drain for
the livewell.

Um...isn't that below the waterline?

If that flapperdoodle thingy is the cockpit drain, and based on the
picture of the stern of your model Parker, that drain is below the
water line.

You draft 15" and that looks more like 12".