Scuppers on the Tomcat (and 25)

Brent asked for an update here awhile ago and then again on another thread. The bottom line to date is that I replaced the scuppers with a model that are single piece plastic all the way through. I kept the old ones with the idea that I might get around to making new ones out of stainless and I'll use the old ones as a model. The newer plastic ones are better than the older plastic ones in that they don't have a stainless ring on the inside of the transom that can separate from the tube leading to the scupper. The scupper flaps were replaced and that's all I've done. I decided again the sump idea as I really didn't want two more pumps to maintain/replace (there are already 7 pumps on board).

I also had two inspection plates put on the deck (near the aft corners) that make it easier to get to the macerator pumps on the fish boxes and to get to the bilge pumps. I'm thinking I might replace the lids on those with clear lids so I can see into the bilge at all times.
 
BrentB":1hof59m5 said:
thanks

Do you have dri deck in the cockpit?
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No. Dri-deck would only be marginally useful in the cockpit since I have two large fishwells in the floor that I need to easily access. Also, it's not like I'm standing in water, it's that when I rinse the floor off with the raw water wash down, I need to go slowly so thing drain out of the scuppers. But as I said before, the bottom line problem is that "self bailing" doesn't work so well when there is much drop to the water line. I'll probably take care of that someday (with a bigger boat). :lol:
 
Roger, what is the model of the scuppers you installed?

Obviously, all 25's have the same problem, but I've never found and scupper valve that would fit.

Boris
 
journey on":ikups0qc said:
Roger, what is the model of the scuppers you installed?

Obviously, all 25's have the same problem, but I've never found and scupper valve that would fit.

Boris
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I should correct/clarify the post. The parts I had changed are the cockpit drains which are connected to the scuppers with flexible plastic hose. The original cockpit drains were constructed out of two pieces/ea. The back part (connected by tubing to the scupper) was green plastic and the forward part (which you see looking aft from inside the cockpit was metal. On one of my drains, the metal separated from the plastic part and as a result the plastic part was dangling inside the sponson (below the water level). Since the metal ring part that was designed to retain the plastic piece was still visible from the cockpit side, one wouldn't even notice the separation - e.g. it still appeared like a dark black hole. The replacement parts are one piece molded plastic. I don't know the part numbers for those - Les's crew at EQ installed them. The scuppers are the original scuppers.
 
FWIW- The previous owner of my Tomcat (Squidslayer) added bilge pumps to the fish holding tanks and closed off the macerators. He put some mat over the pumps to prevent jamming. When I'm running heavy the bilge pumps in the fish tank pump any excess water overboard including wash-down water. The pumps are on four foot hoses so it's really easy to lift them out and clean or replace them, versus the contortions it takes to replace a macerator pump under the deck. The bilge pumps are powered from the switch group next to the rear bait tank so you can use the automatic mode or run them continuously when doing a deck wash-down. I also have expanding thermos type plugs that close off the deck drains leaving water disposal to the two pumps in the fish holding tanks if I so choose.

With this setup, you might consider removing the rear rubber lid cover seals on the fish holding tanks to improve drainage from deck drains to fish holding tanks?
 
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