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[Gofirstclass]

sbw1 ,to avoid those ugly drip lines from thru-hulls, I came with this idea. Get a piece of clear vinyl tubing to fit the opening on the thru-hull. Cut one end square and the other at a 45* angle. Cut the square end at a length that fits well into the thru-hull and leaves the pointed end sticking out about 1/2".

When water comes down the thru-hull it runs out to the point and drips off there instead of running out and down the side of the hull.

If the tubing is too large to fit into the hole, cut a bit out of the length of it so it makes a tight compression fit.

 

[MonacoMike]

View attachment 62370 Pretty recent. Shot this summer before we cruised the boat to Harbor Springs. Why do you ask?

Very clean! I love it.

MM

 

[MonacoMike]

sbw1 ,to avoid those ugly drip lines from thru-hulls, I came with this idea. Get a piece of clear vinyl tubing to fit the opening on the thru-hull. Cut one end square and the other at a 45* angle. Cut the square end at a length that fits well into the thru-hull and leaves the pointed end sticking out about 1/2".

When water comes down the thru-hull it runs out to the point and drips off there instead of running out and down the side of the hull.

If the tubing is too large to fit into the hole, cut a bit out of the length of it so it makes a tight compression fit.

Thanks for the pics, I'm doing that this winter.

MM

 

[sbw1]

Yep. I've seen that done and it works. For some reason this boat does not get the drip lines. Maybe it is because we wash it every week. We can wash the hull sides from inside the lower cockpit and reach most of the throughhulls with our Shurhold brush on a pole. Those we can not reach are dry 99% of the time and don't make drip lines.

 

[MonacoMike]

View attachment 62371 Yep. I've seen that done and it works. For some reason this boat does not get the drip lines. Maybe it is because we wash it every week. We can wash the hull sides from inside the lower cockpit and reach most of the throughhulls with our Shurhold brush on a pole. Those we can not reach are dry 99% of the time and don't make drip lines.

The air conditioner is the usual issue. Do you leave the air conditioner on all summer? We do, it is on the entire season. We also do not dump coffee etc. down sink drains to stain the hull.

MM

 

[JVM225]

I use the clear plastic tubing on my air conditioner discharges too, but leave them sticking out a couple of inches to avoid the drip stains on the hull.
They are secured in the holes with clear boatlife caulk.
Not all boats suffer from the drip marks. It’s probably more a matter of the shape of the hull at the discharge point than how often the hull gets washed.
The single discharge on my old boat was much further forward. Never had to adapt anything to fit in it. Never had a problem with drip stains.

 

[sbw1]

We live on our boat most of July and into August. That is about the only time we run our A/C with any degree of frequency. In fact it is sometimes 24/7. I get the coffee thing as well. However, this is when our boat gets washed every day. We get up, eat breakfast and then hose down the boat and dry it. The stains never have a chance to develop. The top photo was taken in Charlevoix, Mi at the city marina in Round Lake. This is a great spot to visit if you have not been there before.

 

[MonacoMike]

I use the clear plastic tubing on my air conditioner discharges too, but leave them sticking out a couple of inches to avoid the drip stains on the hull.
They are secured in the holes with clear boatlife caulk.
Not all boats suffer from the drip marks. It’s probably more a matter of the shape of the hull at the discharge point than how often the hull gets washed.
The single discharge on my old boat was much further forward. Never had to adapt anything to fit in it. Never had a problem with drip stains.

How Nastia the water is will also have an affect.

MM

 

[sbw1]

View attachment 62362 View attachment 62361 View attachment 62360 New through hulls

Found the pic I was looking for earlier.

 

[Sublimetime]

Why not stainless thru-hull's?

 

[sbw1]

Why not stainless thru-hull's?

Purely a cosmetic decision. These are very tough and take matching paint readily. Stainless is too in your face. These are not very noticeable.

 

[MonacoMike]

View attachment 62383 View attachment 62382
Purely a cosmetic decision. These are very tough and take matching paint readily. Stainless is too in your face. These are not very noticeable.

I agree, stainless would look cluttered

MM

 

[Skuza]

View attachment 62319 View attachment 62320 View attachment 62321 View attachment 62322 View attachment 62323 View attachment 62324 View attachment 62325 Good quality is still available in USA. Our boat, being built in Holland, Michigan.

That would be the coolest thing ever to watch your own boat being built. Thanks for sharing the pics!

Have to ask though about the plug receptacle in the bilge??? Is that factory?

 

[sbw1]

That would be the coolest thing ever to watch your own boat being built. Thanks for sharing the pics!

Have to ask though about the plug receptacle in the bilge??? Is that factory?

Yes. All 3200s have them. It is high and away from any fumes that might have been present. It is accessible only when the hatch is opened all the way so there will be good air flow when and if it is used.

 

[Bridog]

I agree, stainless would look cluttered

MM

What do they use now? Plastic seems like a cheap alternative for a boat like Tiara.

 

[sbw1]

What do they use now? Plastic seems like a cheap alternative for a boat like Tiara.

I'm not sure what is used today.There are some pretty robust plastics. And there are also some pretty poor quality Chinese stainless steel fittings. The gold standard may be bronze. I changed mine out because one developed a change in color that I could not make look as good as my esthetic standard required. Decided to rebed all of them as a preventive maintenance step and paint them to achieve an exact color match with the hull. The fittings on the boat are good for another 15 years. Most owners would have probably just left them as they were.

 

[Bridog]

Just confused because your build photos show stainless?

 

[Bridog]

I have Mexican Stainless so I'm not sure where that fits in.

 

[sbw1]

View attachment 62446 Just confused because your build photos show stainless?

That 32 was just being loaded on the day we visited the factory. Ours was in the middle of the production line. Did not notice the different fittings but if you look at sold Tiaras, you do see different types of through hulls depending on the days the boat was built. The stereos varied also. Coffee pots too. We discovered that most 3200s are slightly different depending on when they went though the line. It's a small company, and in 2004 they would build a handful of one style, refurbish molds and then build another model while molds were being repaired. Builds were batched based on orders that came in. All of these boats were sold and paid for when they left the factory. I believe Tiara built just over 500 boats in 2004.

 

[Bridog]

Well there you have it. Your 32 foot American made Tiara is much better than our 19' Mexican assembled SeaRay. Time to move on to another "one upper" thread I suppose.