Anchor Locker Drain

[ripple]

I have a 2006 22 cruiser that does not have a drain installed by the factory for the anchor locker. I just installed a hawse pipe in the deck today but I want to make sure the water that leaks into the locker will drain overboard. Can anyone tell me where it should go or post pictures showing the location that the factory installs the drain?

Thanks...

[Midwatch]

We have a 22' 2006 as well, but with the anchor locker drain factory installed. It is about a 1/2" hole in the bottom of the locker on the port side. Where the hole comes through the hull there is a stainless steel clamshell installed on the outside with the opening facing aft. Don't forget to seal any holes you drill!

[Sea Wolf]

I don't know about the 2006 models, but the earlier boats had to have a sleeve (tube) connecting the inner anchror rode locker with the outside opening in the hull. There was a space between the two fiberglass structures. Without the sleeve, the water just drained into the flotation chamber under the v-berth.

The sleeve or tube could be metal or rigic plastic, but must be sealed well on both ends.

Ken McCollough used a .32 caliber pistol casing for his sleeve.

It would be nice to flare both ends of the tube, but there's no easy way to flare the tube's second end once it's installed, unless you have a suitable cone shaped tool and a person on both the inside and outside of the hull so that the tube can be held rigidly (backed up) on one end and pounded with the flaring cone tool on the other.

It would also be possible to use two tubes, one of which would fit inside the other, and insert them from opposite ends after flaring them one one end.

The most important thing would be to seal the tube up as well as possible.

Probably 3M 5200 would be best for the job if applied liberally and carefully.

MarineTex 2-part epoxy could also be used.

Joe.

[Cutty Sark]

I noticed over the weekend that my 2006 cruiser didn't have a drain hole either, and mine was ordered with the hawse pipe installed, I'm surprised the factory didn't put a drain in. I'll have to look at soeone else's installation to see where they put it, and go ahead and do it now that I have all my gound tackle. Anyone have some detailed pics?

Sark

[drjohn71a]

Sark, you need to search this site and the old C-Dog site. I remember having seen detailed photos of this fix.

John

[Forty Two]

Our 2004 TomCat showed up without a drain hole. I noticed this and pointed it out to the dealer. The dealer drilled a hole at a low point in the anchor locker, and installed a clam shell on the exterior of the boat. They did not seal the hole, and they managed to drill too far aft and tapped into the storage space beneath the bunk. We were collecting a couple of gallons of salt water in the storage space each time we encountered bumpy water.

This spring, I drilled the hole out to about an inch in diameter, filled the hole with fiberglass epoxy, then drilled a new 3/8" drain hole, sealed the clam shell screw holes, and re-installed the clam shell. I hope to test it out next week.

[Forty Two]

It works!!!

Went through some very bumpy water for several hours, and not a drop in the storage space.

[Sea Wolf]

fishbob-

Good Job!

I can understand how an average boatowner could have make the mistake of drilling straight though the hull and anchor locker without knowing of the need for a sleeve or solid filler placed between the two, but a C-Dory dealer?

Glad you've got it working!

Joe.

[hardee]

SleepyC has a drain hole. It seems to be drilled through solid fiberglass material, with no tube in place. So this weekend, I am replacing the clamshell cover, due to a "reshaping incident" last fall and decided to get up into the rhode locker and I found that the towel in the bottom of the locker was wet, (boat has been stored outside but with a cover on, and the anchor has not been deployed since early last summer.) When running the chain out, there were places where it looked salt encrusted, and the drain hole is about 3/4 inch up from the bottom of the locker.

I have read of some fixes here, but still curious if raising the locker floor level is practical, or if it would be better to just drill a new anchor drain hole. (Maybe using the existing external hole and redirecting it.)

Comments please and thankyou.

Harvey
SleepyC

[starcrafttom]

Harvey, It lookas if I have to do the same thing. My current drain hole is a inch off the floor of the chain locker. I plan to drill ( gives me chills thinking about it) a new hole on the other side with a second clam shell.

I will start fron the inside out with a small drill. Then move to the out side and drill in with larger and larger drills to the right size. I will be doing it later today. wish me lock.

[Sea Wolf]

[Capital Sea]

Stop. Don't drill another hole.
I had the same issue as the drain was not at the lowest point and the hole was not sealed either. I cut a piece of old cutting board to fit the shape of the bow and sized it so when fixed in place the locker drains every drop out the existing drain. I then glassed it into place. As the resin set up, it was necessary to keep the drain open and wipe off the hull below the drain on the outside.
The net loss of storage space was not enough to worry about.

[starcrafttom]

I was thinking of pouring in a leveling compond like you would use to level the floor before putting down tile. Anyone have any ideas on this??

[Sea Wolf]

[Captains Cat]