Graham R wrote:
I can't see Four Winns fitting drains to those 2 lockers in 2003 then deleting them for 2004 but nothing would surprise me now .............................................
Maybe a previous owner fitted them and didn't cut throuigh the foam?
Maybe FW fitted them and they forgot to cut through the foam?
Maybe they forgot to fit them in mine ?!!!
It would be quite easy to fit flexible hoses from them leading to the lower bit of the bilge, it would at least control where the water goes to ( I led them to the rear gutter, because it dumps water overboard)
The modified cover doesn't go over the transom ski locker. That is moulded in and has a drain that goes overboard. The only way water could get into the bilge from it is via the hinge screw holes and if the drain hose and fittings were leaking. They are easily checked for integrity ( by the way, the lid is cored and the woodcore rots around the stainless latch; the hole is not sealed. An easy repair if you catch it early enough!)
One mod I was considering was to get 2 canvas covers made that would cover the rope lockers, and clip the standard cover on to them with a good overlap. That would stop water getting in in the first place, unless there was a gale force wind blowing rain upwards into the overlap.
re the anchor locker, a few people have indicated they were gettingb water ingress where the back wall of the locker is fitted .
Not the same exact problem but similar, on my '88 Horizon bow rider the front cover did not cover the anchor locker, the rain water would run in there and under the bow seats and fill up the ski locker and then run under the gas tank to the rear bilge. When I re-did the boat fixing all the rot, I had the cover changed so it covered the anchor locker, all it took was a triangular piece to be added on. Since then the inside has been much dryer and I have not had water in the ski locker in years. It used to get so damp that I had mildew on the underside of the mooring covers.