drains

My wife and I just purchased our Ericson 28+ and we are in the process of fixing it up. This is our first sailboat. Seems like a lot of stuff to worry about, but I know we are going to love it. I do have a question with regard to the drain in the anchor compartment. The previous owner must...

I am a new owner of a 1983 E 30+. After washing down the decks today I noticed only one cockpit drain is draining. I believe the problem relates to fine debris from local vegetation perhaps clogging the drain line at a low spot. Tried to follow the drain tubes visually but lost them. Then ran a...

I sailed out the Golden Gate in a friend's Tayana 37, and steep 10' waves right out the gate were a definite wake-up call for me. My E29 (tiller model) has only one small drain in the cockpit; not nearly enough. I'm considering cutting one or two fairly large drains through the transom...

I found the answer in several other threads. Thank you

Hi all, I know the subject came up more then once... Still want to ask more questions on it :). Would it be terribly wrong if I "tee" the pair of cockpit drain hoses- the ones eventually ending up below the waterline - with those crossed over and draining above the waterline? This will...

I hate the fact I'll have to leave a 1 1/2" below the water seacock open while away from the boat to service the cockpit drains. It looks like I could relocate the outlet to the transom at the same level as the exaust and have adequate slope for drainage. If the height of the exaust is OK for a...

Hello, Ericson owners. I have just bought an E27 few weeks ago...still getting to know the boat. I noticed that all 4 cockpit drains connect under the cockpit and drain into the bilge. The bilge does not have an automatic bilge pump. I see a major problem in this setup - if it rains hard a boat...

While on a mooring(on vacation) the (2)house batteries are drained by the refrigerator. I need to run the engine almost every day and sometimes 2x to recharge the batteries. During the rest of the season the boat is on a slip with shore power...

I am the new owner of an '81 E 38. The boat is in need of a little care at this point. I have started to tear out the sole. The plywood is supporting some interesting life forms. The places where the grid is glassed to the hull have recesses that are below the drains. They collect water...

Hello all of you E35-3 and big brother E38'?..... I remembered searching a thread "Aft cockpit drainage/backing up" started by Gareth Harris...... I finally decided to check and see if my drains were crossed as per the instruction manuel......and they are.....SO......I find that Cory...

My new-to-me 1976 E-27 (Hull #817) needs to come out of the water tomorrow. Last weekend, I discovered the cockpit drain thru-hulls (gate valves) were stuck open. That, plus the bulging hoses connecting the cockpit drains to them convinced me it was time to get her up on the hard and do some...

Hello All, We are keeping our '83 E38 in the water over the winter. The question is what do we do with the cockpit drains that empty through the thru-hull underwater? I understand keeping the cockpit covered to minimize water/freezing. The two above waterline drains are not my concern. I am...

Hello, I am busy working to get this newly acquired E32-3 into shape and the bilge system is confounding me for sure. I think I understand the mast/shower drain bilge. But the 4 sections forward of that just don't seem to drain correctly. Starting at the engine sump, I dump a gallon or 2 of...

Hi All, Has anyone solved the problem of cockpit drains filling the cockpit with water while sailing. The boat is an E35/3 & the outboard drains at the aft end of the cockpit on the leeward side backfill so there is about 4" of water right in the lower corner of the cockpit while healing ...

74 eric 35 II has anybody reconfigured the rear cockpit drains so they don't go all the way forward to tee into the forward cockpit drains? am thinking about adding a thru hull and teeing the aft cockpit drains and eliminating the run to the front drains. this would convert the 3 inputs to...

Does anyone know how to eliminate water from entering the cockpit through the cockpit drains, while heeling? This is a 1978 Ericson 34T, and when she heels past 18 degrees, a siginificant amount of sea water enters through the leeward side cockpit drain. When she flattens out, the water...

Does anyone know how to eliminate water from entering the cockpit through the cockpit drains, while heeling? This is a 1978 Ericson 34T, and when she heels past 18 degrees, a siginificant amount of sea water enters through the leeward side cockpit drain. When she flattens out, the water...

I was curious if anyone has thought about installing solid cockpit drains in their Ericson, in particular a 32-2. I am told it is a common practice on boats built in NZ. They could be built using a cardboard tube as a mandral building the fiberglass up to any thickness, say 3/8" thick and...