Installing a new floor

ready123 · Post by **ready123** » Mon Feb 13, 2012 12:06 pm

jefflaw35 wrote:guess what i was trying to say i was thinkinking of modifying a pump so it fits under the front of the bow, vrs the floor. so i wont need an access hole to get to it and i can have a solid floor. like i said just gonna test it with garden hose since i have nothing but a gutted haul right now

Is your hull blocked so that the true waterline (when hull is floating, not the striping) is horizontal... if not your test tells you nothing about when boat is in the water.
Trojans tend to float bow down at rest and run bow up... in general terms, beware of drawing too many conclusions on land, they could be wrong

jefflaw35 · Post by **jefflaw35** » Mon Feb 13, 2012 12:14 pm

Thats a good point

foofer b · Post by **foofer b** » Tue Feb 14, 2012 7:16 pm

Paul, is your bilge pump under your cabin sole? If so do you have a quick access deck plate under the stairs to get to it?

Paul · Post by **Paul** » Tue Feb 14, 2012 9:06 pm

Roy,

I have an access panel in the floor in the V berth that opens up. Then I have another floor about 8" below that made of carpeted panels to create extra storage. These panels lift out (no tools) to access the two bilge pumps under there. Originally there was a single pump located under a hatch (which was under carpet) in the cabin sole right in front of the V berth. I like the new set up much better. I use the storage for towels which can be moved out of the way quickly. I can access the pumps in about 6 seconds.

jefflaw35 · Post by **jefflaw35** » Tue Feb 14, 2012 9:09 pm

4 peice floor? i like that

foofer b · Post by **foofer b** » Wed Feb 15, 2012 7:01 pm

Paul wrote:Roy,

I have an access panel in the floor in the V berth that opens up. Then I have another floor about 8" below that made of carpeted panels to create extra storage. These panels lift out (no tools) to access the two bilge pumps under there. Originally there was a single pump located under a hatch (which was under carpet) in the cabin sole right in front of the V berth. I like the new set up much better. I use the storage for towels which can be moved out of the way quickly. I can access the pumps in about 6 seconds.

Oh, I see, my bilge pump is plumbed all the way to under the stairs where it is nested in the false Keel.