Mnmpizza, replied recently about the flange fittings on the scupper cockpit drain on Hunter 34 and I believe on the 31 are the same as well.
The drain flange on the port side is not flush with the floor, it's raised approximately 1/4 inch above the cockpit floor. The opposite drain on the port side is flush mounted. Because the scupper drain flange on the port side is not flush to the cockpit, water never drains completely. The oposite side drains perfectly because it is flush.
My question as is mnmpizza is why did Hunter purposely engineer the cockpit drains this way?
This has been annoying me for thirty eight years.
Perhaps this year I may decide to correct it or just continue to use a sponge to soak up the cup of water that doesn't drain as I have been doing for the past 38 years.
If anyone who knows why Hunter did this please shed some light on the subject.
The only thing I can think of is that someone in a cubical in the engineering dept 38 years ago was bored and figured out how to get into my head every time look at this scupper drain.
The drain flange on the port side is not flush with the floor, it's raised approximately 1/4 inch above the cockpit floor. The opposite drain on the port side is flush mounted. Because the scupper drain flange on the port side is not flush to the cockpit, water never drains completely. The oposite side drains perfectly because it is flush.
My question as is mnmpizza is why did Hunter purposely engineer the cockpit drains this way?
This has been annoying me for thirty eight years.
Perhaps this year I may decide to correct it or just continue to use a sponge to soak up the cup of water that doesn't drain as I have been doing for the past 38 years.
If anyone who knows why Hunter did this please shed some light on the subject.
The only thing I can think of is that someone in a cubical in the engineering dept 38 years ago was bored and figured out how to get into my head every time look at this scupper drain.