Whenever I have more than two people on board my Typhoon, I get water coming up through the leeward cockpit drain, both underway and, to a lesser extent, on the mooring. Is this normal, or is there something I should be doing? This is the first boat I've had, with cockpit drains.
sedco@maine.rr.com
Cockpit drains on CD Typhoon
Moderator: Jim Walsh
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Paul D.
Re: Cockpit drains on CD Typhoon
Harvey,Harvey Rosenfeld wrote: Whenever I have more than two people on board my Typhoon, I get water coming up through the leeward cockpit drain, both underway and, to a lesser extent, on the mooring. Is this normal, or is there something I should be doing? This is the first boat I've had, with cockpit drains.
Yes this is quite normal. I close the valves on my drains whenever I have more than three adults aboard. It is important to remember to open them before you leave the boat in case it rains heavily.
Paul Danicic
HORNET
MPLS MN
nyeme001@tc.umn.edu
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Serge Zimberoff
Re: Cockpit drains on CD Typhoon
Harvey,
Normal and not normal. Water up the drains on the mooring suggests that your outboard is too heavy. Water with several crew aboard can be minimized. My feeling is that the water coming in is trying to tell me something.
In the first case, I countered the weight (44# 5hp Tohatsu) with a sandbag ballast as far forward in the bow as I could get it. Both weights are incorrect, i.e. handling is said to suffer with excess weight fore and aft. I don't think it feels noticeable.
In the second case I try to balance the crew weight rather than take the way out of closing the drains. (Besides I've taken water into the cockpit and how could it get out?) Usually one or two crew members are more than willing to go forward with a cushion and make themselves comfortable reclining under the jib with their backs to the cabin. Even just moving them forward in the cockpit to the cabin bulkhead usually is enough to avoid everyone having water sloshing around their shoes. A little may still creep in the leeward drain but it should go right out again.
Serge
serge@srtrop.com
Normal and not normal. Water up the drains on the mooring suggests that your outboard is too heavy. Water with several crew aboard can be minimized. My feeling is that the water coming in is trying to tell me something.
In the first case, I countered the weight (44# 5hp Tohatsu) with a sandbag ballast as far forward in the bow as I could get it. Both weights are incorrect, i.e. handling is said to suffer with excess weight fore and aft. I don't think it feels noticeable.
In the second case I try to balance the crew weight rather than take the way out of closing the drains. (Besides I've taken water into the cockpit and how could it get out?) Usually one or two crew members are more than willing to go forward with a cushion and make themselves comfortable reclining under the jib with their backs to the cabin. Even just moving them forward in the cockpit to the cabin bulkhead usually is enough to avoid everyone having water sloshing around their shoes. A little may still creep in the leeward drain but it should go right out again.
Serge
serge@srtrop.com