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10timesSaltier
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Initially Posted - 09/20/2004 :  17:19:18  Show Profile
About 9 months ago I realized my pitiful excuse for scuppers (brass tubes flanged through the transom) were leaking badly.

I tried to find some good way to replace them permanently with real thru-hull scuppers but couldn't find anything that would work through the transom without a lot of major work.

Here's what I came up with, and it's worked 100% perfectly since:

Sand down the forward half of each brass tube from inside the cockpit down to shiny metal. Rough up the fiberglass about 3/8 inch all the way around each scupper. Take some epoxy putty (the two-part play-dough for grown ups) and wearing nitrile gloves sprayed with McLube Sailkote (so the epoxy won't stick to your hands), shape a 3/8" flange around each scupper that reaches into the scupper about 3/8" also.

I haven't had one drip from those things since. I would have told you all about it earlier, but wanted to test it myself.

If anyone wants, remind me and I'll take a picture of my rigged scuppers next time I'm out at the marina.
Brian.
Great Salt Lake (10-times saltier than the ocean)
"SAFARI", '81 C25 TR-FK #2275
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MattL
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Response Posted - 09/20/2004 :  18:10:02  Show Profile
Hey Salty,
That sounds good to me. Mine are not leaking, but if they do I'll remember you.
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jwilliams
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Response Posted - 09/21/2004 :  11:39:11  Show Profile
Brian,

Great idea.

I bet that is where my leak is coming from. Your scuppers are the ones that point parallel to the surface of the water, right? Point out the back?

Buddy Paul on Sparky '78 has a different kind. His have a little shower drain-like grate and point straight towards the water, down.

Jim Williams
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10timesSaltier
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Response Posted - 09/21/2004 :  12:59:01  Show Profile
<blockquote id="quote"><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"><i>Originally posted by jwilliams</i>
I bet that is where my leak is coming from. Your scuppers are the ones that point parallel to the surface of the water, right? Point out the back?
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Yes, two of them parallel to the water, right through the transom.
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Frank Hopper
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Response Posted - 09/21/2004 :  14:59:30  Show Profile  Visit Frank Hopper's Homepage
<blockquote id="quote"><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"><i>Originally posted by jwilliams</i>
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Buddy Paul on Sparky '78 has a different kind. His have a little shower drain-like grate and point straight towards the water, down.

Jim Williams
Hey Jude C25fk 2958
SF Bay
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Buddy Paul sails an older boat. Mine leaked too, in my driveway over the hard. It would leave a little puddle on the quarter berth by dripping from halfway back along the cockpit floor and dropping straight down to the puddle. So there was never a wet path to the puddle. I used 4200 caulk and have had no problems.
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