Cockpit drain ideas?

[smithrandall]

Haven't been able to find much searching for this. Maybe I'm using the wrong terminology in my query.

Does anyone have a good mode to protect the drain holes in the cockpit and outboard well? I end up getting leaves stuck and the outboard well fills up. I know screens can get clogged too but they would be a much quicker fix when I get out to the boat.

Any ideas of what to use and how to secure it in place?

Randy

[kmclemore]

Previous discussion on exactly this topic:

http://macgregorsailors.com/phpBB/viewtopic.php?t=9033

Let's continue the discussion over there, shall we? I've already started...

[pokerrick1]

OK

Rick

PS Oh, I forgot, I don't have to pad my post totals anymore, right Scott?

[26S Captain]

I used some old nylon sceen. (Household window screen). I cut a section and rolled it into a cone shape and put it in the drain. The advantage is (if done right) as the water rises, if the lower section of screen become blocked the uper section will still let water in and the cockpit will not fill up ( as much). This has limits depending on how much leaf you have to deal with but at least it will not beome block with one or two leaves.

[argonaut]

Another thing that works is to make a plug by cutting one of those abrasive scrubber pad things that look like a sponge made by 3M. I let about 2 inces protrude out of the hole. Every couple of months I take it out & beat the dust off it then put it back in. My well gets filled with oak leaves and this has worked better than anything else so far. The pad´s pretty stiff yet water permeable.

[kmclemore]

!	kmclemore:
	Please guys, I asked you to please place your posts over at this already running topic over here so we can keep the info in one place for future reference... http://macgregorsailors.com/phpBB/viewt ... &&start=30 I'm going to lock this one.