I applied 1" wide closed cell foam tape to the underside of the lazarette hatch at the hatch and lip contact point. I also found a pin size through-hole at the gutter behind the hatch cover, I put a tape over it. Between these two actions, I have significantly less rain water in lazarette.

patrick

On Sat, May 4, 2024 at 7:06 PM Todd Tavares <tavares0947 at gmail.com> wrote:

> The ULTIMATE solution...for me anyway, would be to have the lip of the
> lazarette extend an inch or two higher than the seat gutter lips. Then it
> wouldn't really matter if the seat drains clogged, and the laz and bilge
> would be drier.
> I only got as far as increasing the size of the drain tubes and fittings.
> Oh well, maybe that will be a project for retirement.
>
> Todd T
>
>
>
> On Fri, May 3, 2024, 5:59 PM sea20--- via Rhodes22-list <
> rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org> wrote:
>
> > Greetings all, another drilling question. Has anyone ever drill
> additional
> > bench drain hole on the inside trough of the bench? I'm thinking a drain
> > hole before the lazzerette would allow water to drain to the floor drain
> of
> > the cockpit. Debris hopefully would continue to the stern where clogs
> seem
> > to occur frequently. (I had some bad flooding thhis year.)Scott Andrews
> >
>