Question About Drainage

[Old Dealtry]

Hi there I am new to this forum, so please be gentle

I have a 1977 16 foot Dealtry Half Cabin, pushed around by a early 1980's 75hp Mercury 2 stroke.

On the back of the boat there are 2 drain holes side by side, after being out on the water I remove the plugs only one of these drains water, even when washing the boat andflushing water to clear any blockages water only comes out of one of the drains. Is this normal? If not how do I go about rectifying this? Thanks in advance.

 

[ellicat]

Welcome to the AFO forum.

It sounds like there is a blockage. Perhaps try using a coathanger to have a poke around.

[Old Dealtry]

I will try this a bit later, at the momment it is 42 degrees outside don't feel like frying lol

 

[jon]

Hey mate, do you have a kill tank in the floor of your boat? It may be seperate drainage for a separate sealed chamber on your boat. If not, do you have access to the bilge area, a quick visual should show what’s going on

[jon]

Also if the boat is not sitting level on the trailer and there is only a small amount of water in the hull one of the drain holes may be impeded by any internal structure 

[Junky]

Bilge pump outlet???

[Drop Bear]

On 02/03/2019 at 12:44 PM, Old Dealtry said:

Hi there I am new to this forum, so please be gentle

I have a 1977 16 foot Dealtry Half Cabin, pushed around by a early 1980's 75hp Mercury 2 stroke.

On the back of the boat there are 2 drain holes side by side, after being out on the water I remove the plugs only one of these drains water, even when washing the boat andflushing water to clear any blockages water only comes out of one of the drains. Is this normal? If not how do I go about rectifying this? Thanks in advance.

 

How did you go? Did you work it out?