Dwight
i believe you are good. I also have a C&C35 MkII with the same cockpit
drain set up, which I believe is the factory setup. The seacocks are
always in the open position, whether boat is in or out of the water.
Since I haul the boat every fall, one of the items on my checklist in
the spring is to cycle the valves closed then open, look at the cockpit
drain houses to insure no cracks and that the hoses have two pipe clamps
in place. Have been having engine/transmission problems and need to
remove hoses for aft engine access.
The seacocks are in place in case the a hose fails, since one is usually
located completely below the waterline when sailing due to boat heel. I
race in all kinds of weather and do not need to carry extra weight aft
because water in the cockpit.
Don Kern
Fireball, C&C 35 MK2
Bristol, RI
On 12/31/2018 5:40 PM, dwight veinot via CnC-List wrote:
The aft cockpit drains on my 35mkii cross over and feed into the
forward cockpit drain seacocks. Works fine and has done so for a long
time. The Groco bronze seacocks can get seized but that can be freed
and they are all difficult to access but they all work and i leave
thrm all open always. My bad??
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