Drain Plugs

[powdermoose]

The Oday Javelin manual says that it is self-bailing. It has a drain plug aft and a drain plug in the cockpit well. I am leaving the aft plug in the boat when it's in the water although it is above the waterline when no one is in the boat. After it rained there was water in the cockpit well and cockpit floor... so it was not self-bailing. I moved the lever on the cockpit drain, but nothing happened. When i removed the cockpit drain it started taking water into the cockpit instead of draining water out. How does this thing self-bail?
Thank you for the help.
Sandi

 

[Joe11688]

Sandi,
If the previous owner installed drain plugs into both of the thru-hull fittings, it's possible that the hose between these fittings has a leak and they just didn't want to deal with it. Personally I don't think it's a big thing provided you can get at the hose to replace it. If not, there are ways of making these provisions by installing an access cover or deck plate in that area. Self bailing is designed to work automatically and needs no plugs. For more info and pics, check your other entry on "Ask an O'Day Owner."
Joe

 

[powdermoose]

Thanks for your help. Your answer explains why it's not self-bailing although I still don't understand why it started taking water in when I pulled the cockpit plug. Is there another drain hole that I haven't noticed on the hull? The aft drain plug is going to the bilge which appears to be pretty dry, so I am not sure where the water is coming from that came into the cockpit when I pulled the cockpit plug out.
Apparently I can't get to the hose under the cockpit well without pulling the boat out of the water since I can't pull the plug with the boat in the water. I will wait until I can get some help to pull her out. I don't think there there is enough room to get to the hose so I will probably have to create an opening in the cockpit floor.
Thank you for your help!
Sandi

Sandi,
If the previous owner installed drain plugs into both of the thru-hull fittings, it's possible that the hose between these fittings has a leak and they just didn't want to deal with it. Personally I don't think it's a big thing provided you can get at the hose to replace it. If not, there are ways of making these provisions by installing an access cover or deck plate in that area. Self bailing is designed to work automatically and needs no plugs. For more info and pics, check your other entry on "Ask an O'Day Owner."
Joe

 

[Joe11688]

Thanks for your help. Your answer explains why it's not self-bailing although I still don't understand why it started taking water in when I pulled the cockpit plug. Is there another drain hole that I haven't noticed on the hull? The aft drain plug is going to the bilge which appears to be pretty dry, so I am not sure where the water is coming from that came into the cockpit when I pulled the cockpit plug out.
Apparently I can't get to the hose under the cockpit well without pulling the boat out of the water since I can't pull the plug with the boat in the water. I will wait until I can get some help to pull her out. I don't think there there is enough room to get to the hose so I will probably have to create an opening in the cockpit floor.
Thank you for your help!
Sandi

I was talking to my friend Wayne today at the club and he told me that he used to own a Javelin years ago and the one he had didn't have a hose. What it did have was a ball that floats inside the thru-hull and is designed to block the water from coming into the cockpit and allow the water to drain out of the cockpit. So I guess that throws the hose theory out the window.
Evidently, the Javelins have two drain plugs and one is for draining the hull under the cockpit floor. The other one is for the cockpit. You can check them out by going to the D&R Marine site. http://www.drmarine.com/products.asp?cat=63 For more info on this you may want to give Rudy a call. He's very knowlegable about these boats having worked at the O'Day factory years ago. He also bought out all the O'Day parts plus the boat molds from the factory when they went out of business.
Good luck!
Joe