O'Day 272 Bow

[PatSul22]

I have an O'day 272 and noticed theres a small hole about 1/2 inch along the stem of the bow in the center. It looks like its for a bow eye, I saw this on a few other boats online. Does any one else have that. If so have you put a bow eye in it or sealed it up. If you have sealed it please let me know how you did it.

Thanks,

Pat

 

[Bill23169]

The small hole you speak of should be the drain for the anchor locker. I have an Oday 26 and that is what the hole is for. Bill

 

[Sailm8]

I don't know this boat but is there any chance it is the drain from the anchor locker?

 

[RECESS]

My 25 has the same hole for the anchor locker.

 

[Tim Jedda 22]

I'm with them.

 

[RAD]

My 32 has the same

 

[Ross]

M y boat has a hole such as that with a bolt in it that secures one end of a link to the underside of the stemhead fitting. Depending on the location and what is inside it could be a drain or for a bow eye. If it serves no purpose then I would set to closing it.

 

[Ron20324]

If that's the drain, it sounds like the water would get real deep and have no other place to drain. My boat came with a drain a few inches above the bottom. Leary of it getting clogged (which it did) and flooding back into the interior (it didn't), I put a second drain on the other side, about a foot higher.

Since the hole is already there, I'd put in a bow eye- or a u-bolt- if you can put in a good backing device. I say device, because for a backing "plate" I used a stainless 1.5 inch pipe in the very vee of the bow, bedded in strand epoxy. Though I never intended to put the B235 on a trailer, there are some times when you'd put an anchor line on that, and I found a few other uses for it over the years. They guy who bought the boat did put it on a trailer and the eye was a good place for a second securing strap.