Manny Myles
Crete, Illinois
Boat Name: Khatmandu
Model/Year: C22 1985
Hull No.
Hailing Port: |
 01/25/2006 5:44 AM Pacific Time
Hi all, maybe some one can help here, I have a need to get a stainless steel cover plate for mounting to the transom for the gas line and electric line to go through.
The C22 I learned to sail on has this nice exit plate but can't seem to find one like it.
Currently we have to prop the locker lid up and have these 2 lines run above the seat area to get to the motor and is not quite practicle and not very safe either.
Any ideas or solutions to this would be helpful
Manny |
Peter
South Daytona, Florida
Boat Name: (Working On A Name)
Model/Year: C-22, 1974
Hull No. 2679
Hailing Port: South Daytona, Florida |
01/25/2006 9:31 AM Pacific Time
Perhaps not as permanent or refined a solution as your looking for, but could you run the gas line up through the rear vent?
Peter |
Al Gearing
Burleson, Texas
Boat Name: Torch of Freedom
Model/Year: C-22 '76
Hull No. 6448
Hailing Port: Arlington YC |
01/26/2006 7:46 AM Pacific Time
I haven't seen any SS plates in transoms for exiting the gas and electric lines, sounds great. But I just drilled a hole a bit larger than the gas line and slanted downward to the outside, swabed epoxy in it, then redrilled it to a nice fit for the gas line. Just a cheaper suggestion,
Al Ge |
Ron Norton
Katy, TX
Boat Name: Vela
Model/Year: C22 / 1984
Hull No. 12037
Hailing Port: Katy, TX |
01/26/2006 8:21 AM Pacific Time
I used one on the shell type air vent mounted pointed down. Run the fuel line through the air hole. Works great. |
Sean Madian
Portland, OR
Boat Name: Time Out
Model/Year: 1973
Hull No. CL 3839 FX
Hailing Port: Portland |
01/26/2006 9:14 AM Pacific Time
My C-22 had the cowl vents much like what Ron describes w/one facing fore and one aft. Used them for the gas line. I've also taken to using a short section of dryer vent hose running from the gas can vent fitting to those cowls to directly vent gas fumes as they exit through the expansion relief valve. |
Al Gearing
Burleson, Texas
Boat Name: Torch of Freedom
Model/Year: C-22 '76
Hull No. 6448
Hailing Port: Arlington YC |
01/27/2006 6:35 AM Pacific Time
Those cowl vents are for taking air out of the bottom of the boat. The aft facing one should have 4" hose to the bottom most point in that aft space. The air is 'pressureized' through the forward facing one to force the 'heavier than air' gas fumes out of the boat. There is also some 'suction' on the aft facing cowl. At least that is the theory used by insurance companies to require ventilation of gas fumes. It works too, but only when your moving. Sorry to digress.
Al Ge |
Greg Guenther
Belleville, IL
Boat Name: Magnificat
Model/Year: 1970
Hull No. 473
Hailing Port: Belleville, IL |
01/27/2006 5:31 PM Pacific Time
Manny,
My 1970 had a two inch hole cut into the front of the port side locker near the transom and the gas line was passed through this hole and over the transom under the mainsheet traveller bar. I don't use an inboard tank right now and plugged the hole with a plastic snap-in cover. If you run the line through a similar hole, you can get a neoprene boot to seal the port from weather, insects and water.
Greg G |
Hobie Davidson
Titusville, Fl.
Boat Name: For Sail
Model/Year: 1977
Hull No. 6993
Hailing Port: Titusville |
01/28/2006 7:09 AM Pacific Time
My c22 has a hole drilled into the transom, the gas line and or electric are fed through the hole. There is a black outboard motor bladder covering this hole which all lines are also fed through. This keeps all seating neat, closed and does not bring any lines into the cockpit. It works very well and looks good. |
Sean Madian
Portland, OR
Boat Name: Time Out
Model/Year: 1973
Hull No. CL 3839 FX
Hailing Port: Portland |
01/29/2006 7:49 AM Pacific Time
Al makes two great points and one that I had missed. If the gas fumes are 'heavy' then the hose should 'syphon' them off but only under way. If we combine all of this advice we've got at least four holes: two cowl vents (one facing fore and one aft), some sort of pass-through for gas/electric lines to the outboard, and perhaps a fourth hole to provide a direct vent from the relief valve on the gas can to the open air. Does anyone have pics as this is beginning to look pretty complex. |
