The sink drain on mu 26D looks like a piece of PVC fiberglassed to the bottom of the sink, but the tube is loose now and leaks a little. Anyone deal with this issue?
Also, it doesn't drain that well as the throughull pipe is about as high as the bottom of the sink. I was thinking about having the sink drain into the daggerboard trunk as it's right next to the sink. This would free up the factory throughull for a bilge pump.
26D sink drain leak. Connect to daggerboard trunk?
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Re: 26D sink drain leak. Connect to daggerboard trunk?
Howdy. Yeah, as our boats age there are certain problems that usually show up, and that fitting getting loose is one of them. The through-hulls also sometimes begin to leak. As for draining properly, I've never seen a 26S, so I can't comment on that, but I've never heard of anyone sending it to the trunk.
There's a rather long discussion of the sink drain here:
viewtopic.php?f=8&t=26772
And there are a number of other previous threads as well. Have a search using the box in the upper right of this screen.
There's a rather long discussion of the sink drain here:
viewtopic.php?f=8&t=26772
And there are a number of other previous threads as well. Have a search using the box in the upper right of this screen.
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Re: 26D sink drain leak. Connect to daggerboard trunk?
I have been working on my 26D, so the board is out. As I look down the hole, it looks to me as if the flange on any through hull I have seen would interfere with the dagger board going up and down. If you glassed on a tube and just cut a hole in the fiberglass it might work, but then you would have the same structural problems that you have now.
I don't use my sink, so the through hull is plugged and I don't know how it would drain. I think the simplest solution for most people on this board has been to drain it into a sump box and then use an electric pump to push it overboard.
On my D, at least, the factory through hull, while pretty crappy, is also about a foot above the waterline. Thats why I have never really worried about it structurally, just left the plug in for those rare times when the boat might get blown over that far.
I don't use my sink, so the through hull is plugged and I don't know how it would drain. I think the simplest solution for most people on this board has been to drain it into a sump box and then use an electric pump to push it overboard.
On my D, at least, the factory through hull, while pretty crappy, is also about a foot above the waterline. Thats why I have never really worried about it structurally, just left the plug in for those rare times when the boat might get blown over that far.