DIY Ballast Install

[CP3]

My vapor lock will be gone this year. Many little tweaks going in.

care to elaborate?

[illiniboarder88]

sounds rather personal...

[talltigeguy]

for a thru hull couldnt you use what jim used but put it on the bottom of the boat and cover it with this....
http://www.deepblueyachtsupply.com/series.aspx?id=147

I have just a mushroom on the bottom of the boat. I haven't bothered to put a strainer on it. I am sure sooner or later I will regret that when I suck up some debris. My lakes are usually pretty clean so I will continue to take my chances.

[xpjim1]

Look at my post #32. You can see in the second picture the cap I have on the manifold. this was made for future expansion. Bad idea as air gets trapped in there. I am going to put a vent line there as it will be simpler than making a new 3 pump manifold. At the end of the line I am going to put a check valve. You can see 2 check valves for the rear bags. From the check valve the hose goes up and back down to the fill on the rear bags. Water is pushing down the the gate valve not letting the air to vent. i am going to remove those check valves as I think the loss of water from the fill lines will be minimal. I am also going to adjust the pumps to make the output vertical to make it easier for the air to vent. Hopefully these will all assist in the elimination of vapor lock.

[CP3]

So where is the unkinkable hose?

and tall where did you get the mushroom that is on your boat? is it just a thru hull like jims but on the bottom?

[lee]

Most marine stores sell that type of hose.

[CP3]

Most marine stores sell that type of hose.

what about online because, There arent any marine stores around here

[xpjim1]

I used multiflex 141 from boatfix. it came in 1 inch. Boatfix has the hose Lee mentions but only 3/4 inch and 1 1/4 inch

[da.bell]

what about online because, There arent any marine stores around here

Talk to Andrew.

[lee]

This hose is close to what we use. Hose Link

[CP3]

that stuff is EXPENSIVE

[da.bell]

that stuff is EXPENSIVE

[xpjim1]

that stuff is EXPENSIVE

www.boatfix.com

lees second hose is what I used. It is $54 for 50 feet. Way less than west marine

[xpjim1]

MULTIFLEX 50' 1 in. $156.28 $53.67
Save $102.61 SHIELDS HOSE 116-141-10 / SLD1411006B pg. 603 BX 1 Qty:

This is out of the boat fix price page

[CP3]

I cant find it in boat fix