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Posted by member Mark Mccrea on Tuesday 3 August 2010
I'm a survey and just surveyed my first 25. I noted the cockpit drains on the boat I surveyed were only 2-3 cm above the waterline and there was nothing to stop the water getting in! The guy had just bought the boat and wasn't happy that it was 2-3 cm away from sinking. These must have had either a non return valve or drain sock fitted. Open drains such as this need to be at least 30cm above the waterline.
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Posted by member Mike Williams on Tuesday 3 August 2010
I just replaced mine on our hardy 25 (1992) this winter. I got replacements from Hardy and was told they have a non return valve fitted. Perhaps the ones fitted were not original part equivalents ?
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Posted by member Steve on Monday 8 December 2008
An old posting that caught my eye - a point worth bearing in mind if you have these drains fitted is that any fuel of oil leak could unknowingly find its way overboard. Had this myself recently and couldn't understand how the stuff got out until I saw the stern tubes with the boat on the hard. Stopping them up with mastic might be a good idea.
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Posted by member Andrew Cross on Sunday 5 August 2007
where can i purchace the soft rubber covers for the stern drain tubes hf20 mine where missing when i got boat some one just stuck a two inch piece of pipe over nylon outlets so they let water in as well as out the type im after they push on to outlets they close together to stop water coming back in if no longer avalable bo you just put screw in drain plugs regards andy cross fort winks.
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