greatcir
Well-known member
I have a thing about keeping my bilge and anchor locker dry. Not sure of the origin of this passion or its cure except to satisfy it. So started with a black wooden plug glued into my anchor locker hatch door (normally always open hole for anchor line) to keep water out of my anchor locker when underway, exposed to rain or when washing the boat. Small hole in bottom of anchor drains into my bilge too.
Covered the small pilot house drain hole with a stainless screen then laid my carpet (commercial building entrance pad) over it.
Cut a piece of PVC pipe, spayed it black and it simply rests on the aft port corner wire raceway tube which has no wires in it in my boat. On the starboard side I wrapped a black waterproof material around the wiring and down to the base of the wire raceway tube and put on a hose clamp to hold it in place.
Took a high pressure hose and sprayed everything down on the outside and checked the bilge and ergo - bone dry. I'll sleep well tonight.
.........Pete
Covered the small pilot house drain hole with a stainless screen then laid my carpet (commercial building entrance pad) over it.
Cut a piece of PVC pipe, spayed it black and it simply rests on the aft port corner wire raceway tube which has no wires in it in my boat. On the starboard side I wrapped a black waterproof material around the wiring and down to the base of the wire raceway tube and put on a hose clamp to hold it in place.
Took a high pressure hose and sprayed everything down on the outside and checked the bilge and ergo - bone dry. I'll sleep well tonight.
.........Pete
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Black plug in anchor locker door - closed (Small).jpg -
Cockpit drain hole with screen - carpet lifted (Small).jpg -
Aft stbd. corner with hose clamp holing wire cover (Small).jpg -
Aft port corner, black PVC pipe on edge (Small).jpg -
Aft port corner with black PVC pipe in place (Small).jpg -
Aft compt. with 4 fenders. Barley see dry bilge pump swithch. (Small).jpg
