New to me boat

[Jakem]

I bought a new boat with self bailing and these are what's on the back of transom. Never seen them before and wondering if there safe

 

[dingbat]

I bought a new boat with self bailing and these are what's on the back of transom. Never seen them before and wondering if there safe

Define “safe”?

Shouldn’t need them, but the decks of many self bailing cockpits are not high enough to prevent water coming in with weight in the back of the boat.

Its either ping pong balls or wet feet

 

[Jakem]

Lol safe meening I won't sink if they don't work

 

[Grub54891]

You shouldn't sink if the deck is sealed so water don't get below deck.

 

[dingbat]

Lol safe meening I won't sink if they don't work

They are a band-aid for a design flaw in the boat.

In effect, they are one way valves to prevent water from coming in thru the scuppers when/if the deck dips below the water line.

If they work, your feet stay dry.
If they don’t work, your feet get wet.
If valve sticks open, you get wet feet
If valves sticks closed and your get wet feet, you have bigger issues to contend with

 

[Jakem]

Is there a better product i could switch to

 

[Scott Danforth]

Is there a better product i could switch to

bigger boat with the deck about 12" above the SWL

 

[Chris1956]

Those are scuppers with one way valves. They can help if the scuppers go under water in a following sea, or if the scuppers go under water occasionally due to extra passengers, especially in the stern area.

At rest with normal fuel load the scuppers should be above water. If that is not the case, you need to either fix the height of the scuppers or seal them off.

 

[Jakem]

Gotcha thanks...

 

[Jakem]

Here's a picture of were there at

 

[dingbat]

Here's a picture of were there at

They look no lower than mine, but my deck is a good 2-3" higher than the water line. My scuppers could be completely under water and still not allow water to come in the boat.

The application of the white paint over everything makes me wonder what are they trying to hide. I would pull one of the scuppers to inspect the condition of the scupper and see if it's still sealed in the transom.

Plastic scupper and thru hulls are notorious for cracking on the inside edge of the fitting. If they don't fail outright, they leak water into the hull and transom setting up rot.

 

[Scott06]

I bought a new boat with self bailing and these are what's on the back of transom. Never seen them before and wondering if there safe

By brother has these on his Twin Vee power cat. They work very well to drain the cockpit. This is on a skiff with low freeboard so often get water in while underway. Just drains out the back, and until you get comfortable with them it can seem worrisome.
the ones on his boat are for a different manufacturer but have a plug so you can block them off if desired. Would think they are there due to a boat design that gets wet underway.

did you run out of projects on the other boat ?

 

[Chris1956]

It would be unusual for a cockpit drain to have two scuppers on the same side. You might check them out and see what they are used for. I suspect one is for some other drain, maybe a fish well or something else.

 

[Jakem]

Yes there's a fishwell in the floor one on eachside