27' cockpit drain with cutaway transom

[john_keating]

Hi does anyone know why the cockpit drain would be routed through cockpit sole and then to thru hull. I dont like the idea of a hose hidden away which could easily be leaking into the bilge. I plan on draining cockpit through the transom at my upcoming yard period.

 

[toddster]

Well... if it's about like the 29, that won't make any difference except you'll have more water in the cockpit and a hose that's even more difficult to access. The transom is hollow and about 5" deep. It's pretty tight to fit two through-hulls and a hose in that space (doing it for the propane locker, myself.) At least the one in the sole has a nice sump. (AKA The escaped screw and nut disposal unit.)

I did end up putting a deck plate in the transom, when I changed the traveller. There are just too many inaccessible fasteners in there. (Did they install these things before the liner was dropped into the hull Trained monkeys )

 

[Loren Beach]

A lot of the E-27 models were built with a transom cutout for an OB motor. That also provided a great way for errant water to drain out. Of course the "lip" where the motor clamped on would still be several inches above the sole. So a drain at the sole level is still needed.

Installing a sole-level horizontal drain would be a bit of a project as noted here.

Loren

 

[bigd14]

Dont mess around with thru hulls. Glass a piece of G10 pipe permanently internally. I don't have pics handy but check the plasticclassic forum under projects, Ericson 27 Project for a description of how i did it. The pipe run is short enough that no additional support is needed. Its a days worth of work when hauled out but you'll never worry about it again. Good luck.

http://www.ericsonyachts.org/infoex...9-Cockpit-scupper-on-E27-with-cutaway-transom