Draining Runoff on A 43 DC-- and others

[Freestyle]

This may be a problem on other old boats as well.

Rain and sea water runs down my bow (1976 43 DC) to its only exit point on either side of the stern. This soaks the aft deck with salt water, rain water, and just plain washing the boat water. The aft deck is carpeted so it stays wet for a while.

I wish they had channeled the water off where the forward curtains run.

Has anyone addressed this problem and run the water from the bow over the side before it hits the aft deck?

Alternatively, I think I could build a "lip gutter" inside of the aft deck to funnel the water to the current drainage points on the stern. (I picture drunk people with red wine catching the lip like a 3 wire on an aircraft carrier.)

Any suggestions appreciated.

Everything else is running great if I am thinking of things like this.

Bruce
Freestyle
1976 DCMY

 

[Jaxfishgyd]

Know on my 1973 43' the drain holes are a joke.
The wood at the base of the outside door on the port side has rotted and is being fixed next month.
A 1" drain cannot handle the amount of water that comes down the walkway.
I put out a thread on this about a year ago (?) for the same reason.
New boats have drains that are 3'-6' ovals or cutouts for drainage (not talking Hatts) that do a great job.
Am having my boat hauled out in May and will hopefully be able to do something to help with the drainage......

 

[SKYCHENEY]

We had a 43DC 1975. We had the "lip" boards to funnel the water to the aft exit, but I have seen others with wing doors that have no opening for the water and a cutout in the coaming/gunnel to divert it overboard. I would think that this could be done without too much work. You may need access to the underside of it there depending on the thickness of the fiberglass.

 

[Trojan]

Strange. My 43 aft deck is hard enclosed like a sun room with sliding glass windows and wing doors. At the bottom of the doors is a 11/4 inch door sil. Between the sil and the door is a foam rubber seal. I get very little if any water in the aft deck. Most water comes in from between the windows. I need new vertical seals between the windows. Any water greater than the drain at the side doors can handle flows over the scuff rail on the gunnel.



BILL

 

[SKYCHENEY]

Bill,
I think your drains were probably added when the doors were installed. I don't believe Hatt ever installed drains on the 43DC, but I could be wrong.

 

[Norm Mayer]

Sky sounds like he has the same setup I have on my 44' Tricabin (1970). The base of the wing door is about a 2" verticle peice of wood that is flush, and sealed to the side walkway. Where the outboard edge of this "lip" that is the base of the wing door meets the toe rail (raised area of fiberglass that boarders the entire deck) there is about a 3" cutout that allows the water coming down the side walkways to hit the lip, divert outboard, and flow overboard thru the cutout. Upside, no drain to clog. Downside, a black streak where the water runs down the side of the hull.

 

[SKYCHENEY]

Yep, that's exactly what I was talking about. Thanks for the more detailed description.

 

[Trojan]

Nope, I have 1 1/4 dia. drains that go through the gunnel's and out the side of the hull. On a heavy wash it will flow over the toe rail.



BILL

 

[Jaxfishgyd]

Mine the same as Trojan. The drain is just a tube that goes out the side at the base of the wing doors under the rub rail

 

[SeaEric]

I have this same problem. If possible, I'd like to see a photo of the various retrofit drains that you guys have.

 

[eze2bme]

My 1979 43DC has 1-1/4" drains on each side deck just forward of the Isenglas "gull door panels" that drain out via through-hulls at the waterline. In addition there are "marble looking" toe trim pieces about 1/2" high by 3" wide that run down each side on the aft deck to channel any water run-off that might have jumped the "marble looking" dam pieces (3/4" x 3/4") just aft of the drains. System works pretty good except that heavy volumes of water when washing often "jump" the dams ... then the water runs down the sides of the aft deck and drain off at the aft cleats. These drains appear to be original. If you need a picture email me and I'll try and get some this weekend.

 

[Nonchalant1]

Blowboaters all have or install scuppers which is what you need. Hatteras put them on the 53MYs. An example aftermarket scupper is here: http://www.sailboatstuff.com/plumb.html It requires a scupper hole at deck level and either an outlet on the outside of the hull or a drain hose to the nearest seachest.

The 53MY has a 3" teak door bottom at the wing doors that acts as a water dam to divert it to the scupper. The scupper has a 2" hose connected to the midship sea chest. It works fine and keeps most water out of the aft deck. Mine also has small 1/2" teak rails mounted at the edge of the aft deck carpet to make a 3" runway gunnel to divert any aft deck water to the corner floor drains.

Doug Shuman

 

[DLCameron2]

On our 1977 43DC we had a wooden reverse lip molding at the base of the wing curtains, and then a teak molding running parallel to the dodger boards about 1 foot inboard of the gunnel. This worked fairly well; although I did have occasion to run in heavy seas and the "wash" running down the deck practically flooded the aft deck carpeting.

Wing doors with molded fiberglass sills would be a nice way to go. A guy named Hurley made a nice custom set up, the molds still exist and are in Virginia I believe.

Picture attached.

DC