put a drain hole in the bow?

[zaroba]

this is probably a stupid question, but oh well.

i'm restoring an old glastron boat (http://forums.iboats.com/showthread.php?t=254803), and with all hot and rainy weather we've been having, its sat covered on its trailer in the driveway for the past few weeks.

only trouble is that i don't have a good tarp for it so water pools ontop of it and theres places where it leaks into the boat. so now theres 2 inches of water at the bow of the boat. Turning it around wont do anything to help. since the boat still has no floor, the normal drain area in the back wont let any water out if more gets in.

i was thinking of drilling a 1/16th or 1/8th inch hole in the bow so the water could drain out, then later on when the boats finished i could plug it with aquarium silicon or maybe a small piece of rubber with a screw and nut (to make something like the expanding pvc pipe stoppers) so it could be removed if wanted.

has anybody tried doing this before? if so, how well did it work?

its such a small hole so i'm not thinking it will cause any structural problems and thinking it will be easy to fix without fiberglass.

 

[redfury]

Re: put a drain hole in the bow?

There are no stupid questions, just stupid ideas

I wouldn't compromise the integrity of the hull with any holes. Save yourself the trouble and put a bilge pump up there or suck out the water with a shop vac if it's troubling you that much. You are ripping it all apart anyway, you might as well just let it get wet. You only need it dry when you are fiberglassing anyway.

 

[zaroba]

Re: put a drain hole in the bow?

i do have a shop vac. didn't even think of useing that.
thanks.

 

[Ezrider_92356]

Re: put a drain hole in the bow?

can you lift the front of the boat so it will drain out the back??

 

[tashasdaddy]

Re: put a drain hole in the bow?

raise the bow, open the transom drain. make a pvc frame for the tarp.

 

[BillP]

Re: put a drain hole in the bow?

Install a garboard drain...it's purpose built for exactly what you need it for. Normal installation is from the inside though. Can you get to it that way? Installing on the outside will make a little drag.

bp

 

[zaroba]

Re: put a drain hole in the bow?

the fiberglass bowl area around the transom drain would block the water from going threw it.

 

[i386]

Re: put a drain hole in the bow?

the fiberglass bowl area around the transom drain would block the water from going threw it.