Help from the Sailfish guys on thru hulls

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Lots of talk recently regarding thru hulls, replacement and such. I inspected my plastic ones this weekend and they are getting to the point they need done. I had a post bookmarked from one of the 90's sailfish owners on this board that was the step by step guide, and I believe also had the model #s for the parts he used. Well, new computer and the bookmark did not transfer over. Does anyone remember this post? I have done a bunch of searches and cant find that particular post.

I want to also do the scuppers and deck drains at the same time. Will the Southco deck drains with the screw down stainless drain covers work on the older sailfish with two side by side drains? Has anyone used stainless over bronze or just bronze scuppers? I would like to get rid of the plastic all together.

I did get the page from Grady White with their part nos. and various measurements, but for whatever reason, when I compare to Attwood, Gemlux, Perko, etc., I cant seem to locate the exact same piece(s).

Thanks in advance for the help.
 
The two on the side starboard hull at the transom, are 1-1/8 inch. I went with Perko plastic. Plastic for anything way above water line. is ok with me.

The deck drains are 1.5 inch and so are the scuppers. Both old ones were fine, no deterioration to speak of.

Only the ones on the side hull cracked about the inner radius, had three of them fail, one nearly severed clear off.

I wanted bronze Perkos for scuppers, but coiuldn't find competitive pricing, went with the Attwood stainless, nice units, cheaper in price than the bronze, shop around on internet. I think I got them from first marine incl free shiping About $145 for four.

I stayed with Perko plastic on the deck drains, 1.5 inch, and sawed off the hose nipple and reused the 90 deg fitting off the originals. The Perko fitting needs another slight mod, the V is a little deeper than original, had to take a bit of it down, used the dremel rotary drum sander, easy as 1,2,3.

I did other ones the side hull down low with bronxe, don't recall their size. The one that drainss the big fishbox is very low on side, and the other one that drains the LW is also very low, both were replaced. Teh hose on the LW drain was shot too, black goo inside end.

When you do the scuppers and deck drains, if you have the Grady Drive model, take down the bulkhead, it comes out easy, otherwise you will kill yourself working via the small door ways.
 
I'm pretty sure mine were 1 1/2 (90 deg) for the livewell overflow, 1" for the fish box drains (3) (1 90 and 2 straight), 1 1/8 for the bilge pumps, I think the transom box drain is 1" (easy to check), shower sump 3/4", and I think the sink drains are 3/4". The worst ones were the fish box drains, the foam is a PIA.
 
The transom fish box drain uses a 90 deg grey 1" PVC fitting on my model, however the 1 - 1/8 bilge hoses fits it, the 1 " bilge hose is too tight.

The same fitting is in the base of the LW as I recall, or it's the small box next to it, but the black SW hose I bought for it is 1 inch, go figure!

My shower sump is same PVC fitting also, takes the 1 -1/8 bilge hose.
They use grey threaded 1" thru hull and a 90 deg PCV 1" to 1" hose nipple.

Reminds me of the sink drains that have 1/2 in grey PVC fitting, but 5/8 in. clear braided drinking hose fits them.
 
How do you access the rear thru hull cockpit drains. It looks like you need double jointed 7' arms!
 
I am with ahill, I can't see how to access the S/B rear thru hull drains. I have a 2000 272 Sailfish. Any thoughts?
 
Prior to 1994, just remove the rear service compartment bulkhead and evrything is right there. Can't help the euro transom guys.
 
87 Sailfish, just completed 8 of 10 through hulls and 2 scuppers. Scuppers I upgraded to Attwood SS and am very happy. I had sourced acetal ones through West Marine and the circumfrance difference from the male threads to the female nut were so large that you could pull the nut off without turning; very disturbing. The through hulls I just had to match up the old ones to whatever I could find similar on the shelf of various retailers. I will say that a few of the buggers were very tough to tackle. Even had to cut out a section of inner liner to access the starbord mid ship drains. Good luck!
 
Capt. B - do you have the model #s of the Attwood SS Scuppers that you used? Do you have two side by side; total of four on your Sailfish?
 
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