Which is best hull drain option?

[SUPERJET-113]

X-metal scupper FTW!

and 1 or 2 bilge pumps.. for flatwater.
Like BK said, depends on where or how you ride mostly.

 

[McDog]

I put my ski under water a lot and like how fast a one way valve works. My flap valve one way was leaking a little bit after two years. Just a little bit. But I knew I would have to tear into the hull to replace it, so for my new build I'm trying to decide what would either last the longest or be easiest to replace. Leaking while I'm floating in the lake is not an option for me so I guess a scupper is out of the equation. The blowsion valve is only $29 but I can't tell if it is any different than a zoeller or home depot valve.

 

[Big Kahuna]

as long as you have a bilge, you can float and just turn the bilge on ever few minutes. My 2 wammer scuppers leak like there is no tomorrow. But they work really well!

 

[steve-uk]

on my rev hull i have the waterdawg scupper which has a one way valve... never leaks

i still run two bilge pumps and find after a lot of submersing i can easily fill my hull with water and they both pump out alot of water, one is mouted at the front and one at the back...

 

[Waternut]

Leaking while I'm floating in the lake is not an option for me so I guess a scupper is out of the equation.

Why is the scupper out of the equation? Don't you run your bilge 100% of the time anyway? You've watched the constant trickle of my bilge when I'm sitting in the water and my ski will last quite a while without sinking if the power completely dies. Due to the unique (aka poor) way my hull takes on water, it takes 5-10 seconds for all the water to drain out from under my tray but then it's fine again and even when it's full, it doesn't sink unless something major happens.

 

[McDog]

true. But if I'm gonna do it, I want to pick the best option and do it only once.

 

[WildBill69]

I have a wamiltons scupper and a home depot flow control valve ran all last summer,no problems! i do have one bilge pump i only cut it on if i set there for 5 mins or more!!!!

 

[Waternut]

true. But if I'm gonna do it, I want to pick the best option and do it only once.

Understandable but if you had to choose, would you rather have something that works really well when you ride and so-so when you aren't or something that works so-so when you're riding and really well when you aren't?

My 800gph pump worked well but the way I see it is, it worked well in a stock hull. I'm not dropping all this money on a lightweight hull to have the water slowly drain out.

 

[OCD Solutions]

I don't know which is the best but I know what I have tried so far and I'm ready to try something new. My new hull will have 2 of the seadoo style plastic bilge plugs on the rear of the hull to start so I can run solid plugs, duckbills or a versaplug in addition to dual 500gph pumps.

 

[Cliff]

a duckbill is hard to beat although not as fast as a scupper. they also dont leak like a scupper.

 

[Boris]

a duckbill is hard to beat although not as fast as a scupper. they also dont leak like a scupper.

Until a piece of zip-tie or a small stick gets stuck in one.

My next hull will have the exact same drain setup as my current one.
Why change a good thing ?

 

[McDog]

I just found this link on a google search, but none of the links in it work.

http://www.pwcdoctor.net/VERSIPLUG_MAX_Applications.html

Versaplug Max.......this looks perfect!

Mounts into the hull so there is nothing sticking out.

Easily replaced if something on it breaks or it starts leaking.

Large diameter so it flows fast.

The only question is where to buy it and how much is it?

 

[McDog]

Nevermind. I just found it. $74.95 plus shipping. Anybody used one?

http://www.shop.pwcdoctor.com/Versi...BAE0480E56F7BA678E23D5154E236522.qscstrfrnt05

 

[whennotsailing]

where exactly are you guys installing these? could you please post a link to the home depot and blowsion valves? Anyone have the part # / stock # for the home depot one ?