Weep hole-16SS

[Heath1997]

Hello everyone,
I was looking at the bottom of my 70's vintage 16SS, and noticed a roughly 1/4" hole roughly under the where the driver's feet would be in the keel. I was going to hit it with JB Weld, but for some reason I thought I remembered reading it might be some type of weep hole. Can anyone tell me if that is correct, or if I should seal it?
Thank you for the help.

 

[BWR1953]

Yeah, that's a weep hole. I foolishly closed mine with JB Weld too and ended up drilling it back out. Silly human. :lol:

 

[Heath1997]

I saw your post as well, and thought I'd check. Thank you for the help!

 

[oscarvan]

Can someone explain what/how these weep holes are?

 

[GA_Boater]

To drain water from the keel stamping. The stamping isn't sealed to the hull and it will fill with water. Draining helps prevent sitting water from corroding the hull.

 

[dozerII]

And in cold climates, freezing and splitting either the hull or keel.

 

[oscarvan]

AH! So what on initial inspection I thought to be a missing rivet is not! Question..... If I go in salt water, is there a way to rinse it out? I'll have to make some thin tube attachment to a fresh water hose and fill it after I come back out......? Does anyone do this?

 

[Heath1997]

My dad would always take his boat to the lake and run it if he had been in salt water.

 

[oscarvan]

AH! So what on initial inspection I thought to be a missing rivet is not! Question..... If I go in salt water, is there a way to rinse it out? I'll have to make some thin tube attachment to a fresh water hose and fill it after I come back out......? Does anyone do this?

Yeah, that's not really practical. I'll be running salt most of the time. I will keep it in mind and set up some sort of rinse system.