84' 20SF WET BOAT PROBLEM.....

[askipper3]

Ive been fishing in my 84' 20SF and it has a scuppers oneach side, and 2 in the middle, by the engine.

The ones on the sides....(specially the starboard side beacse it has a 70lb battery back there) water comes in, in excessive amounts when you get back there.

What is a good solution, not plugs, to keep water out.....but not in.

[Snookerd]

askipper3-Move the battery and and fuel tank farther forward and raise the deck, or just try ball scuppers. My 18 did that with the battery(s) in the console and a 358Lb lightweight 2 stroke. Have you talked to Ikan?

[eggsuckindog]

At least get the batt out of there

[NoBones]

Rabud makes a ping pong ball scupper.
Water goes out, but does not come in.
Click on products tab, look down 3 rows on the far right.
Rabud
See ya, Ken

[PressureDrop]

I recently installed the Rabuds on my seafari and i would say they work 75% of the time, the problem is sometimes the ball gets forced up and water just streams in, im going to see if i can glue something in it to prevent that from happening but i might just go back to the old school check valves, all in all, not very impressed with the rabuds.

[red20]

After moving the Bat forward try keeping the in-deck well dry. less water weight in the hull.

[Bushwacker]

I've been using Fellowship's Vortex check valves on my Seafari for a couple of months now and they work well. Boat is self bailing at dock with no one aboard, but I used to have to plug the scuppers when underway to avoid wet feet. I have 2 batteries, both on stbd side, but have gone with an Optima gel batt for the location at stbd chine, since it only weighs about 35 lbs. Batt No. 2 is a big group 27, ~ 60 lb, located under seat between stbd stringers.

[askipper3]

askipper3-Move the battery and and fuel tank farther forward and raise the deck, or just try ball scuppers. My 18 did that with the battery(s) in the console and a 358Lb lightweight 2 stroke. Have you talked to Ikan?

Nope havnt talked to Ikan. The solution to me sounds like move the battery and put in ball scuppers.

[red20]

i had both bats under my console on my '84? also had factory stainless steel flappers on the scuppers. they worked pretty good keeping the water out. they were heavy enough to stay closed while at rest but the force of the water when under way was strong enough to drain out. I did make a slight mod to change the angle on the flappers. I fab'd up a shim to put a better angle on the flapper to make sure they were shut when not under way.

[Snookerd]

Nope havnt talked to Ikan. The solution to me sounds like move the battery and put in ball scuppers.

Mark's 20 was rebuilt pretty extensively. Being local to you and with the experience and eye for extreme detail, he would be a good asset beyond our beer / vortex / rabuds response.