Arnold, I will check the loop in the drain hose. It seems the cockpit floor does not have enough slope to drain. The drain exit is about 2" above the water line with a motor on the back leaving about l" of water in the cockpit. When I take the motor off the cockpit it holds about 2" of water. It's actually collecting rain water and not shipping water which may be common on the M 17. Regards, Tony
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Arnold Sharpe Sent: Friday, November 07, 2008 2:42 PM To: For and about Montgomery Sailboats Subject: Re: M_Boats: Question M 17 Tony, I am a bit perplexed by your "problem". I have a 1977 M-17, it will ship water into the cockpit well back thru the drain only if I am overloaded in the stern (ie 2-3 heavy persons) I solved the problem by putting a seacock on the cockpit drain line which I keep closed except when sailing in heavy weather or when it is raining. Is your drain exit below the waterline? Have you checked to see if the drain hose has a loop that is above the waterline? The fact that the well drains when you're sailing leads me to think you may have a loop. Regards, Arnold Sharpe, M-17 #265, "LITTLE BREEZE" in Brownsville, Oregon On Nov 6, 2008, at 12:21 PM, E. Tony Reed wrote: > I have a new M 17 which I keep in a wet slip. It seems to keep around > 2" of water in the cockpit when sitting in the slip. I don't store > the motor on the boat nor do I have any stores on the boat. Of course > sailing it drains. > Is this typical. Also, I put the boat in the water for a short period > of time to get a water mark for bottom paint again with no stores on > the boat. > Once the boat is loaded will that water mark change. I just want to > make sure I get the bottom paint on correctly. > > Regards, > > Tony Reed > > _______________________________________________ > http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/montgomery_boats _______________________________________________ http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/montgomery_boats _______________________________________________ http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/montgomery_boats
