Thanks for the reminder about those bench drain hoses. My 86’ looks original and I meant to change them last year.
Scott A.

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> On Nov 1, 2023, at 6:01 PM, PBR <pbryanriley at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> This is just to caution about aging hoses used for the seat drains.  My
> 1989 had corrugated white tubing 1 1/4 ID.  I have often had unexplained
> water in the bilge and each time I had water in the Laz I chalked it up to
> clogged seat drains from leaves or gumballs etc.  that came along when my
> winter tarp getting shredded by storms.  Recently a tropical storm came
> along as my tarp was reaching the end of it's life and exposed the stern
> area.  I came to the boat to find the front of the trailer completely off
> the ground and the laz. nearly full of water.  I discovered the drain hoses
> to have cracks and they were fragile as eggshells once I started handling
> them.  Clearly they have not had sun exposure but after nearly 35 years the
> plastic is done.
> 
> Just another thought, about 10 years ago in Colorado one of the racers in
> the club had a brand new boat ,  22 ft I think, can't remember the brand.
> Anyway, he capsized in a race, got towed to shore.  They righted the boat,
> got it on trailer, and as they were pulling up the ramp the weight of water
> in the boat slammed into the stern and basically removed it (stern
> fiberglass).  So be careful if you ever have a laz full of water....