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Give me advice on how to repair damage from a bad drain tube on my 1974 11-footer.



LONG STORY
I was restoring my 1974 11-footer. The small diameter metal tube which runs from the stern locker to the main cockpit deck was corroded and allowed tons of water to enter and soak the foam. I removed a section of the fiberglass seat and cleared out all the water soaked foam below to the outer hull.

I am starting to think about re-foaming and redesigning the inner drain tube. The original design ended with a vertical section on the pipe exit—which seemed nuts to design it to have standing water like that. Seems like a straight tube with slight angle forward would work perhaps PVC.

I think I've got the same situation going on in the forward locker to main cockpit but I haven't cut the area open to investigate quite yet.

Thanks,
Steve

kassak wrote:Give me advice on how to repair damage from a bad drain tube on my 1974 11-footer.

For advice on repair of Unibond hulls see

https://continuouswave.com/forum/viewto ... f=6&t=9254

I don't see any info on the drain tube re-design in that guide, am I missing it?

I am sorry you did not find any useful information in the three references that were cited in the article I directed you to read that would help you repair that massive damage to the Unibond hull seen in your illustration Figure 1, above.

For information specific to replacement of through-hull drains made with brass tubing, see the answer in the Frequently Asked Questions at:

Q12: How are brass drain tubes replaced?
https://continuouswave.com/whaler/reference/FAQ/#Q12

I am not able to offer any additional advice specific to your particular hull and drain and your goal to “redesign” that part of the hull.

As for using an plastic material such as PVC tubing in place of brass for hull drains, that has been done. Here are links to more that 20 prior threads which discuss that topic and are found in the archived material of continuousWave.com.

https://www.google.com/search?q=PVC+drain+&q=site%3Acontinuouswave.com%2F

Perhaps you can find useful information related to your project to redesign those areas on the hull of your 11-footer in those references.