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.

Strange transom holes...
 

Short Wave Sportfishing wrote:
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".


Nope. It's above the water line. And it is 15". I'll try to remember to
snap a photo of the stern with the boat in the water.

Strange transom holes...
 

"Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in message
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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.

HK just runs the water on to the deck and it flows out the back. He don't
mind wet feet.

Strange transom holes...
 

On Sat, 01 Sep 2007 20:59:56 -0400, HK wrote:

Nope. It's above the water line. And it is 15". I'll try to remember to
snap a photo of the stern with the boat in the water.

Please. I know it sounds obsessive, but I just can't visualize that
outlet being above the water line. In particular after seeing the
pictures of that boat in the brochure.

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.


At the moment this is the only photo I can find of the "whole" stern.

http://tinyurl.com/2tvej7

Strange transom holes...
 

On Sat, 01 Sep 2007 20:53:25 -0400, Dan intrceptor@gmaildotcom
wrote:

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.

The excitement starts when the engine stops running for some reason.
Then the water just stays there and gets deeper.

Strange transom holes...
 

Wayne.B wrote:
On Sat, 01 Sep 2007 20:53:25 -0400, Dan intrceptor@gmaildotcom
wrote:

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.

The excitement starts when the engine stops running for some reason.
Then the water just stays there and gets deeper.


I see you are intent on working yourself down to Dan's level, in the sewer.

So tell us, what happens when you have a serious below the waterline
problem, and water starts pouring into the bilge through a hole or a
suddenly gone-south prop shaft? You and your barge make what, a big hole
in the water?

Strange transom holes...
 

On Sat, 01 Sep 2007 22:53:59 -0400, HK wrote:

I see you are intent on working yourself down to Dan's level, in the sewer.


???

So tell us, what happens when you have a serious below the waterline
problem, and water starts pouring into the bilge through a hole or a
suddenly gone-south prop shaft? You and your barge make what, a big hole
in the water?

I guess that if we ever get hit by a nuclear torpedo or a hump back
whale we will be in deep do.

Not likely the life raft will help either but it might.

The standard remedy for a prop shaft that has gone missing is to drive
a tapered wooden plug into the hole. Easier said than done of course,
but also a fairly remote possibility. And yes, I do carry some
tapered plugs and a hammer. Broken raw water cooling hoses are a more
common problem, best fixed by closing the sea cock.

In the event of a large hole? Man the life raft, its gonna sink.

But you knew all that, right?

Strange transom holes...
 

On Sun, 02 Sep 2007 07:15:34 -0400, Wayne.B
wrote:

I guess that if we ever get hit by a nuclear torpedo or a hump back
whale we will be in deep do.

A fwe years ago out at the Canyons, one fellow had the misfortune to
wrap his anchor line around his prop shafts and pulled out both struts
resulting in losing the shafts. Water started pouring in, but a
couple of boats close to him got there quickly - they ran lines under
the stern and held the boat up until they could plug the shaft holes
and get additional pumps into the hull.

Actually brought the cripple back to a point where they met Sea//Tow
half way.

Pretty cool.

Strange transom holes...
 

Short Wave Sportfishing wrote:
On Sun, 02 Sep 2007 07:15:34 -0400, Wayne.B
wrote:

I guess that if we ever get hit by a nuclear torpedo or a hump back
whale we will be in deep do.

A fwe years ago out at the Canyons, one fellow had the misfortune to
wrap his anchor line around his prop shafts and pulled out both struts
resulting in losing the shafts. Water started pouring in, but a
couple of boats close to him got there quickly - they ran lines under
the stern and held the boat up until they could plug the shaft holes
and get additional pumps into the hull.

Actually brought the cripple back to a point where they met Sea//Tow
half way.

Pretty cool.


If he had had a notched transom and some outdoor motors, he could have
reached over and cut the ropes outa the props with his 11" filet knife.
You take an inboard offshore, you take your chances, I suppose.

Speaking of filet knife, I'm going fishing. Not catching, necessarily.
Fishing.

Bye.