Drainage Question

[brivander]

In my 92' four winns 221 lib -- when I get water in the cuddy, it doesn't drain back to the rear bilge so I can drain it out of the boat even if it's higher than the drain hole, what do you think, a clog? What's going on?

The center of the floor does pull out if the rear seat is out of it...which I should have thought about sooner since it was just out for service. I always just assumed the gas tanks were there and the front should drain through there and into the rear.

It's got me worried I may just be dumping water under the floor for some reason, this would not be good. Because if no more is going in, and nothing is coming out...it may be full...

So what connects the two, a hose? and where does it run?

Help...

 

[QC]

Re: Drainage Question

There should be a way that water in any compartment finds it's way to the bilge. Often there is a glassed in tube forward that guides water back between compartments. Try running something straight from the transom drain hole forward?

 

[riptide09]

Re: Drainage Question

I had a similar problem. I ended up straightening out a coat hanger and running it through the tubes that connect one area to the next. Also once I removed some of my floor panels so I could see I was amazed at the junk. There was dirt, sticks, acorns and all that kind of stuff. I used a shop vac to clean it all out. Once I was done everything worked as expected. At the same time I took the opportunity to clean the screen filter on my bilge pump.