Kitchen water drain

landlocked wrote:   Johan you are an evil, evil man for raising the physics question again.  I was resisting the temptation but now that you've raised it I will probably be a Vice-Admiral before this topic is closed again (or maybe chief bottle-washer).

You should see me now, dancing and singing Michael Jackson's "I'm bad, I am bad, really really bad". I am glad I raised the physics question again since it made you write your excellent post. I should appoint you Vice Admiral's Assistant right away. I think that's in my authority.

What struck me when I did the re-plumbing is how high the water-line really is. It's more or less in level with the seats of the sofa. This means that the head in the hose is a lot shorter than I previously thought, less than half the lenght of the hose.

Johan

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What struck me when I did the re-plumbing is how high the water-line really is. It's more or less in level with the seats of the sofa. This means that the head in the hose is a lot shorter than I previously thought, less than half the lenght of the hose.

Johan[/QUOTE]

youre velcome. Also note my new issue with gascylinders on the hatches in the cockpit thats a very good thing. I also made a good step on the front of the boat from a piece of alu, pictures will follow later when I have a moment.

Thanks so much for this tip. My 371 is now 7 years old and the sinks have never drained well.  The sink drains joined at a Y just above the seacock. This morning I replumbed it as mentioned. Total cost $2 for a tee fitting to replace the Y (tidier). I have about half a meter of extras hose left over.

The hardest part was getting the hoses off the fittings, I finally cut them.

The sinks drain perfectly now!

I wonder if someone at Hanse will read this and start plumbing new boats correctly?

Grahame Shannon
Tangleberry 371-092


Edited by gshannon - 05 March 2009 at 00:58