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Plumbing

1/5/2011

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The outside fittings for the lower drain, the Garboard drain plug to empty the bilge when out of water and the upper drain farthest to the right. All through hull and through bait well mushrooms were bedded with 5200. The two fittings on the upper end of the well for incoming and outgoing are Marelon. 1/2 inch for incoming water from the pump and 1 1/4 outflow for the top drain.

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This is a shot of the two drains for the live well. The one on the left is the passive drain from the bottom of the tank. It is 1 inch diameter. I installed a one inch extra length through hull bronze mushroom with full flow Groco ball valve and full flow nipple and connected the hose to the bottom drain of the tank.
On the right is the passive top drain. This drain keeps water from flowing out of the lid of the bait well under pressure from the pump. I did it in 1 1/4 inch to make sure the water would flow well with minimum pitch. It works great on my boat so I am sure it will work on Tony's boat as well.


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For the water pick up I installed a clamshell South Bay Strainer through the hull with a half inch sea cock ball valve and 5/8 high pressure tubing.

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I did a bunch of work on Tony's boat the past few days. It was all about plumbing. Here is the bait well pump installed in the aft battery box on the port side. This pump has served me well over the years. I run it all day and it lasts for years. It eats up seaweed so there is never a plugged up pump. 

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6/28/2012 02:51:07 pm

Plumbing is a technique which is essential for the people to get done.Thanks for the blog post.

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    23 Mako Dec 2010

    This boat was a complete reconstruction. New fuel tank, all fiberglass repaired, new wiring, all new hardware and plumbing, starboard replacement of almost all original teak, new console new rub rail, grab rail, trim tabs, live well system, leaning post, complete bottom sanding and painting with Micron Extra and a complete Awl Grip paint both topside and hull. New Lowrance electronics and a new Mercury OptiMax engine with new gauges and harnesses were added to finish the job.

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