28 Daytona Sea Strainers?
 

I spent a good 3 hours last night cleaning out the oil coolers on my boat and realized that I need to get some sea strainers installed. Does anyone have pics of their sea strainer installs? I am interested specifically in mounting locations and the type of sea strainers that people are using.

Thanks!

These are a must in my opinion. I had mine put in after I took delivery of it. Just seemed to risky. Unfortunately I no longer have my 28, but seem to recall them being mounted directly to a high spot in the bilge forward of the motors, so that I could easily inspect them just by opening the hatch. They worked flawlessly for me, and did have to clean them out 5-6 times per season - especially late in the season for us when we see more sea weed.

Amen on them being a must.

I spoke with John Lovell at Eliminator earlier and he said they use the 2101 Teagues and to put them as low as possible. I am going to check the fitment and get them ordered.....

Yes..when I mean high spot, I mean still down in the base of the bilge but not at the very bottom of the hull (ie. if I had a little water in the bottom of my bilge the strainers woudn't be sitting in that water...but the vertical height was defintely lower than the motors.

Good luck.

I run the Teague's and they are mounted on the stringer just behind where the front motor mounts are attached to the stringer towards the inside (center) bilge. Easy to get to and I agree, they are a must.

At what point do you need strainers that have a pressure release valve? It looks like the Teagues don't have a pressure release valve on them......

The ones I have do have a place to screw in a pressure relief valve, its a modified "watts" valve that I also got from Teague...you will likely need them.

Perfect. I didn't see anything in there docs about it. I will call teague and make sure I get everything. DO you by chance know what size of hose is on your boat from the pickups on the hull? Mine are gigantic....probably bigger than -12s. I am going to measure them tommorow.

I used regular 1 1/4" water line with slip on fittings. If they used braided as a substitute for water line it's more like -20.

Mine are mounted directly in front of my motors. I will post some pics later today or tomorrow morning.

The ones I have seen have been mounted in the rear corners. This is on a 27. I am not sure if the 28 has the voids in the back or not. This is a Teague 900 rigged by Eliminator.

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I looked at it on my boat yesterday and it's 1 1/4" push on water line. I am thiking of putting the strainers on the very back of the inside stringer next to the transom. If i put them there they will be underwater and will also be very easy to clean. I have seen at least one boat setup that way which I think was Adrenaline Junkies old 28 (pics). Anyone have any pics of this type of setup?

I am planning on getting (4) stainless marine 90 degree 1 1/4" to 1" NPT elbows and coupling them with the 5" teagues with the 90 degree mounts + the teague pressure valves and water dumps but i am hoping to get a pic or two before i pull the trigger....

My goal is to mount them in the red area against the stringers. Can anyone think of a reason NOT to put them there?

Dont see why not. Thats where my batteries are on my boat.

Nope...great spot....my trim pumps are where your red circles are, which is why I mounted mine on the stringers by the front motor mounts....

I mounted mine ( 25 daytona ) right up at the front of the engine bay so I don't have to reach way in to clean it out.

Here's a few pictures of where mine are mounted and one of my engine compartment. Hope this helps.

Here are mine...sorry they are not "direct" pics but you can see where they are.

I have a 30' Daytona and my sea strainers are mounted in the corners, behind the motors, center side of the stringer.

I finally got this done. Here is how it it turned out. There is no noticable pressure drop from before the install and no priming issues.......Thanks for all the pics! They helped alot!