[Rhodes22-list] installation of inline check valve for cockpit drain

[Jesse Shumaker]

Graham, your points are valid.  I performed a brief test of pouring water
down the cockpit drain and it worked well.  If I sailed in big waters then
I probably wouldn't pursue this approach.  However, waves coming into the
cockpit are not part of the hazards I encounter out here in the sailing
boondocks of the midwest.  I'm going to treat this coming season as a test
for the inline check valve and see what I think.  I should have some more
experience under my belt by the time I log some longer road trips to waters
where this would be of more concern.  By then I can see see if I want to
revert to the simple setup of the straight tube as a drain without a check
valve and deal with some water in the cockpit when guests are onboard.  As
always, thanks for your thoughts.  It's good to have these considerations
in the back of my mind for future reference.

On Sun, Jan 12, 2020 at 9:18 AM Graham Stewart <gstewart8 at cogeco.ca> wrote:

> Jesse:
> Seems to me that you are a bit stern heavy. You could check that against
> the
> waterline. My only concern about either the plug or the check valve is that
> in extreme circumstances you will want the cockpit to drain as quickly as
> possible. If you were to take a wave over the stern the water from one wave
> weighing you down only makes you more vulnerable to the next wave. I have
> never had that happen to me but I know of another sailboat in my area,
> without flotation, that sank under these circumstances as the second wave
> went over the companionway step and filled the interior of the boat. You
> might want to test the check valve to see if it reduces flow significantly.
> Otherwise I think I would be inclined to live with a bit of water in the
> cockpit.
>
> My boat originally had drains in the back of the seats by the lazarette
> that
> were only 3/4" and they would regularly plug up with leaves and dirt. I
> replaced then with 1 1/2 hoses and thruhulls and replaced the mushroom
> thruhulls in the seats with flush mounted scabbards. I think latter model
> boats have the larger drains now.
>
> Just a thought.
> Graham
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Rhodes22-list [mailto:rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org] On Behalf
> Of
> Jesse Shumaker
> Sent: Sunday, January 12, 2020 9:46 AM
> To: rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org
> Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] installation of inline check valve for cockpit
> drain
>
> Hi Graham, sorry for the delayed response.  It's been a busy few days.
> Regarding your question, I tend to get a bit of water coming back up
> through
> the cockpit drain whenever I have a couple of crew (or more) in the cockpit
> with me, which is a lot of the time.  Maybe I'm waited a bit stern heavy
> compared to normal.  I have a 9.8 HP Tohatsu on the stern and the engine is
> not light, but it sure runs well.  I've tried using a plug at the top but
> that has popped out when I tried it.  Maybe I just didn't get it secured
> properly.
>
> The water isn't a big deal, but the excess mainsheet tends to get wet as it
> lays at the aft of the cockpit when I'm running close to the wind.  I liked
> the suggestions for the inline check valve so I figured I would give it a
> try.  I think I'm going to reinforce the bottom connecting tube (the red
> one
> in the photos) just a bit more to be on the safe side.  I'll report back on
> the results this summer.
>
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