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Click here to learn more. Garboard drain installation. JavaScript is disabled. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding. Feb 24, 2 Ranger 33 Bayfield. Hello all, I'm getting a new-to-me Ranger 33 ready for launch this season. I thought about just patching it up, but I noticed that over the winter the boat ended up accumulating water in the bilge that I believe was due to condensation boat was tarped, no other signs of water getting in.

Ideally I'd like to put in a garboard drain plug, but I don't know the correct way of doing this. The bilge on this boat is really deep - 4 feet or so, so I can't simply screw the garboard drain through the keel and back the screws up with nuts because there's no way to hold the nuts.

And even a little water in the bilge, if it freezes, can cause damage. This is called a garboard drain, a carryover from the days of wood boats when the garboard strake or plank marked the turn of the hull where it met the keel. Some are a mix of brass and bronze. Be sure to seal the edges of the hole with epoxy resin. There are various ways of installing the drain plug, depending on the type.

I used epoxy resin on mine. A stainless steel household kitchen sink drain screen, sold in hardware stores, is perfect for this. Send it to sailmail sailmagazine. Sailor Song is the ultimate guide to the music of working sailors during the 18th and 19th centuries. The book includes lyrics and sheet music for 50 of the most beloved sea songs with fascinating historical background on the adjoining page. Chapter introductions provide With the fleet leaders about halfway to Grenada, the RORC Transatlantic is shaking out to be a tactically interesting one.

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Joined Feb 20, Messages When you install the garboard drain in the picture it doesn't go all the way to the other side of the transom how do you prevent water from damaging the transom?

Is there another type of tube you install behind it and seal in? Joined Jun 27, Messages I was thinking the same thing when I installed mine, maybe solder a piece of copper pipe to it and glue it all in with real well. When I put mine in I just drilled larger hole, and added more glass and gel coat inside the hull at dain. Bondo Moderator Staff member. Joined Apr 17, Messages 68, Just seal the hole with epoxy putty, Before ya mount the garboard plug,