I've been meaning to do the same for my boat for about 20 years now.
Maybe next year when I'm retired
I'll finally get it done. Right now, I just pull the raw water intake
hose to strainer off and put on a hose to a
through hull in a bucket. Nestles nicely in the corner of the locker
held in place by the locker hatch. I then
just feed it antifreeze.
I've done similar to my well pump at my cottage, in case I lose prime, I
can simply push the water to the
pump from the well using a secondary small pump to regain prime. Works
like a charm.
Cheers,
Jeff Nelson
Muir Caileag
C&C 30 - 549
Armdale Y.C.
On 2024-02-09 10:49, CHARLES SCHEAFFER via CnC-List wrote:
Consider elbows and tees on seacocks. Our boat came with elbows on
all the seacocks and the hoses were routed to lay along the inside of
the hull and that gave good access to lockers.
I read a tip from Don Casey on the engine raw water intakes and
changed the elbow to a tee with a plug so I can more easily winterize
the engine or unclog the thruhull from inside during the sailing
season. The tee also provides a place to connect a hose to run the
engine when the boat is on the hard, something I always do before
launching. The tee normally has a bronze plug on top and gets a
hose-to-pipe adapter when using a hose.
Chuck S
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