my scupper solution(kind of)pictures

[bigeasy1]

The first mistake I made during my restoration on the 23 Tsunami,was not putting the scuppers out the transom.I should have done it when I had easy access to the back.Then again,maybe it wouldn't have worked very well considering that the boat sits low in the stern from the weight of the kicker motor and down riggers.
Eventually I'm going to install two additional drains next to the originals,but I'm going to drain them into a sealed catch basin in the bilge with an automatic bilge pump in it.This way,I can leave the original thru deck scuppers plugged,yet still use the washdown on fish blood and slime.

Until then,I came up with this solution,and have to say they work very well.Here's what I did.

**A piece of 3/4" copper tube about 2-1/2" long.
**Squeezed a piece of 1/4" od soft copper tube in a vise and made two strips about 3/16"
** Rolled the strip into a spiral
** soldered the spiral into the end of the tube
** cut the longest fingers off a 9 mil thick nitrile glove
** Bent two tiny tabs on the top of the tube to prevent it from falling thru into the water
** slid the glove finger over the end and secured it with electrical tape
** Voila! put them in the scupper drains and they work great.

The nitrile finger works like a check valve/duckbill flapper and collapses when water tries to enter from the lake/ocean,yet opens easily, letting any water on deck to drain out.
The spiral is only to prevent the rubber from reversing it self up into the tube and letting water in.
I have to say they work remarkably well,and trolled over a week everyday from mornong to late afternoon,and never had any water enter the boat from them,yet the wash down ld drained very well.Every so often,I put the wash down nozzle into the tube and flush any slime or debris that could build up on that spiral.
I've also used pieces of 1/16" brass rod instead of the spiral,both work well.

Here's a few pics. ... The Camera settings were very large,so the pics are enlarged way to much but I didn't bother to re size them.