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Feeling a little silly today. When I wiggled underneath the counter and seats it was an easy matter to pull off the hoses and clear the hose and the drain out. I should probably get new plastic hoses as theyare pretty stiff and aged. Putting one of the hoses back on, it did pop up the drain out of the seat, but I imagine I could just reseat it with a little adhesive caulk to hold it in position.
So, my earlier inquiry about upsizing the seat drains didn’t get any responses, so I will try a different tack. So what has worked for people for a snake to clear the drains? When we are on shore it has been easy to clear a drain with a pressure water hose or compressed air, but out on the mooring it has been more difficult.
I guess this was precipitated by this weekend when we boarded both seat drains were fully plugged and all the rainwater had ended up in the bilge despite having a cockpit cover. If only the seat drains had worked a good part of that water would have been drained overboard.
Bernie Baker
Flying Scot 3036In part to keep some topic active and also to second Julian’s comments that spinnaker pole jaws should be up I am putting in this response. I must admit to having been a little perplexed by my used Flying Scot when clearly it is set up to be jaws down. I have always sailed PHRF boats that were jaws up and been taught that the pole should be jaws up. One of these days I will get around to switching the pole lift ring to the opposite side.
We have a Ford F-150 pickup truck, so pulling a trailer is no problem. One vagary we have is the trailer that came with the boat when we bought it last year. It has rollers, but no center support for the keel or centerboard while trailering. From what I read it is important to have keel support. So I slide in a 4X4 and lash it to the trailer frame to provide some center support for the keel and centerboard. We keep her on Lake Bomomoseen, also in Vermont.
