Hard growth is VERY dependent on the waters. What's true in some areas will not be in other areas. In this case, the OP is in Florida and there will be a VAST difference in growth compared to colder, northern waters. Plus, his boat would be in the water 4 times as long than yours. Not exactly apples to apples. Not sure how long DnS keeps his in the water or where his is located - but the same principle applies.
Someone rang? I put in brass flap valves, similar to check valves but just use gravity to swing the flap closed. Which means they open very easily to let the water drain. I'm very happy with them.
That's why I quoted DarkNStormy's response and not the OP's. Also, just as a heads up would be the fact that Allentown, PA is over 1,100 miles away from Pensacola Beach, which would tend to generalize your "comment" to the idea of where it's not even worth mentioning. Also, growth on one's boat is rather subjective from person to person, just like any one of a million other things in life. Lastly yes, the OP mentioned that his boat "lives on a lift", so I'm not sure how that would mean that his boat lives in the water 4 times longer than mine does? And it also means that he has a bit of access to cleaning up said barnacles, if they were to ever present him with a problem. Considering his boat admittedly lives on a lift though, I'm thinking it's a water under the bridge type of situation, or maybe more like water under the lift?
I believe the issue has been resolved, but I am curious why they put the scuppers so close to the waterline.
My guess would be that the location where they put the scuppers wasn't much lower than where the level of the deck is in the cockpit area. I don't know a ton about boats or whatnot, especially their construction, but I'm assuming that GW and other boat companies want their boats to sit a little bit lower on the waterline as opposed to being several feet off the water. Depending on where the waterline is and where the deck level is, I'm guessing they couldn't put the scuppers much higher or else it might not drain out as well. And that if they raised the height of the floor up, it could cause other issues such as ride quality, comfort and safety issues as well, etc.
I have no desire to start cutting hoses on my brand new boat....problem with the check valves is clogs of bait and puked-up bait and fishing line and screws and green crab legs... Granted, alot of folks don't have that problem but ...
The check valves are not easy to clean. They are in the Hose. You have to take off hose clamps.
If the outer rubber flappers are working correctly you should not get water on deck unlees a lot of people are in one corner and ther are swells.
The flappers (and the ball scuppers in another post) are outside the boat. If there is a clog, you spray water in the deck drain and it clears the flapper.
Worse case , you lean overboard and clear it.
Problem with flappers is they get a curl and don't close. Often they need to be trimmed a little out of the package.
I do kind of like the idea of the outside ball scuppers and using a Stern Pad to make a mounting surface. I'll have to daydream about that one for a year or two
Couldn't you just put a wire mesh screen underneath your cockpit drains, or use the smaller style, to keep all of the junk out of there? Such as something like this?problem with the check valves is clogs of bait and puked-up bait and fishing line and screws and green crab legs... Granted, alot of folks don't have that problem but ...
The check valves are not easy to clean. They are in the Hose. You have to take off hose clamps.
If the outer rubber flappers are working correctly you should not get water on deck unlees a lot of people are in one corner and ther are swells.
The flappers (and the ball scuppers in another post) are outside the boat. If there is a clog, you spray water in the deck drain and it clears the flapper.
Worse case , you lean overboard and clear it.
Problem with flappers is they get a curl and don't close. Often they need to be trimmed a little out of the package.
I do kind of like the idea of the outside ball scuppers and using a Stern Pad to make a mounting surface. I'll have to daydream about that one for a year or two
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I started a thread right before you about the same thing. Ball scuppers attached to the outside would solve you issue. https://www.greatgrady.com/threads/ping-pong-ball-flow-max-scuppers.36159/#post-252490
Not trying to be a nit picker here but check valves require water pressure to drain. You want flap valves like what I put in. Probably what you want but I didn't want some casual reader to go "oh, ok, check valves it is". I'm probably over thinking it.
I think that has been answered, maybe by Mustang? It's a question of where you put the deck in the hull. You could put it higher and have higher scuppers but then you have lower gunnels and a higher center of gravity.
not sure that would work well for a drain mounted on the side of the boat. i would do it for a drain through the transom, but not the side
if luckydude can nit-pick, i can too...
No, I want that shi going overboard. I don't want to be constantly clearing the deck drain of clam and scales and tuna blood clotsCouldn't you just put a wire mesh screen underneath your cockpit drains, or use the smaller style, to keep all of the junk out of there? Such as something like this?
Deck Drain Scupper
I guess it depends then on what you want to do or how/what you want to clean. Personally, I'd rather clean the fish or whatever it is over the side of the boat or in the live well and then have everything flush out that way.
With the flap valves, flushing crud out the scuppers works. I let chopped up squid, snails, whatever, go down there and when I get home and I'm cleaning the boat, I just put the hose over the outlet and everything goes through.
i took a quick look on amazon last night. the regular ones are little rubber flaps that can curl over time. there is another option that uses plastic instead of the rubber. they wont curl.
