That's one of the first things I noticed. It's good for spilt drinks or a bucket of water, but if actual waves were hitting the cockpit, you would be on big trouble.
Well normally people don't take these boats off shore or where those kinds of waves are likely. I probably won't either, but a bigger drain would have been nice. I don't think 3 or 4 inches would have been too big.
I have recently installed these rolled up lengths of 15mm galvanised chicken wire and they seem to be working well - just excuse the dirty boat - has been sitting in the back yard for way too long!! - but hopefully will be back on the water in another couple of weeks.
My perception of a through hull fitting, is just that it goes through something. I wouldn't just assume it's position relative to the waterline.
No, I didn't mean below the water line. A thru-hull fitting certainly can be installed in the side of the hull above the water line. An example is a drain for a sink. Macgregor simply glassed in a piece of PVC for the cockpit drain and the sink drain, both above the water line. What I was implying was to remove the PVC drain hole for the cockpit, and install a larger thru-hull fitting. The biggest I've found though is 2", what we have now is 1-3/8".
Yeah, the problem with the Mac 26C's is that there's a large lazarrette between the cockpit well and the transom. Can't just install scuppers straight out the transom. We need to install some plumbing inside the laz, and at the same time not get in the way of valuable storage space.
That probably would be better, less clutter under there too! For sure I don't need that trap, just did it that way to get the right angle to make connection.
