Eliminating water pick-up on bottom of hull
08-06-2019 | 11:59 PM
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From: Zeeland, MI
Eliminating water pick-up on bottom of hull
I’ve got a 32A I am doing major surgery to (can be found in the Restoration and upgrade section) and I am curious if any of you guys have ditched the “through hull” water pickup on the bottom of the sponson for a hull mounted adjustable pickup.
Photo courtesy of Teague’s website
The boat is getting ASD 7’s hung on the transom and the plan would be to build my own adjustable pickup that is mounted off the Arneson box. I would feed the water through a bulkhead fitting into a hose ran through the box and into the transom.
Pros I see are:
-No holes in the hull
-Ability to mount in a different place in effort to gain cleaner more undisturbed water to the prop
-Vertically adjustable to better control water PSI
-More room in bilge
-Less drag?
Cons:
-Quite a bit of work
-If drives are changed in the future pickups will need to be altered
-Possibility for bigger objects in the water to catch/grab/ try to tear off where as the Skater pickups they would hopefully slide under and cause glass damage.
-may not drain as well
Water Pick ups on the Skate as of now:
Under looking up and through existing pickup
Stern looking to bow
Starboard looking to port
Any input and real life data much appreciated!
-Ross
Photo courtesy of Teague’s website
The boat is getting ASD 7’s hung on the transom and the plan would be to build my own adjustable pickup that is mounted off the Arneson box. I would feed the water through a bulkhead fitting into a hose ran through the box and into the transom.
Pros I see are:
-No holes in the hull
-Ability to mount in a different place in effort to gain cleaner more undisturbed water to the prop
-Vertically adjustable to better control water PSI
-More room in bilge
-Less drag?
Cons:
-Quite a bit of work
-If drives are changed in the future pickups will need to be altered
-Possibility for bigger objects in the water to catch/grab/ try to tear off where as the Skater pickups they would hopefully slide under and cause glass damage.
-may not drain as well
Water Pick ups on the Skate as of now:
Under looking up and through existing pickup
Stern looking to bow
Starboard looking to port
Any input and real life data much appreciated!
-Ross
08-11-2019 | 08:58 AM
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I talked to Peter about this when my boat was there this past winter and he said don't waste the time or money changing over to the newer style pickup. The style that you have works if you need more or less water psi you can sand down or add more scoop.
