Life in the gutter

Earlier I posted about the cockpit drain through the lazaret, where you could also see the pipe for the port side bilge pump. At the time there was no pump. Now there is!
The pump protrudes above floor level, but there will eventually be cabinetry over that spot.
Eclipse doesn't leak like a wooden boat. Indeed she spends most of her time on dry land. But should we get a serious leak while out sailing, this will pump 600 gallons overboard per minute.
The photo is looking aft from the V-berth along the port side.

Feeling drained

Should rainwater or spray enter the cockpit and/or motor well, it drains into a pipe through the lazaret and back to the sea. I've had to snake out this pipe several times, so it's gotta go!

Hole for motor well drain, and short pipe.

The motor well now drains directly through the wall with a 2" piece of pvc pipe. Simple!

Motor well drain. Note old hole to left, which will be plugged. 

The cockpit still drains through a pipe, but now there are no elbows or T's along the way to collect debris. Using a heat gun, I molded gentle curves into the pipe to fit.

Cockpit drain. Note also bilge pump pipes.

Feeling Wired

The more I've been trying to make the existing wiring work, The more I've come to realize that what Eclipse really needed was all new wiring. I purchased a goodly roll of 16 gauge Marine wire for all o

the lighting and created trunk cables for core circuits, labeling everything in the process. I know that at some point I'm going to need to do some sort of repairs and having my wires labeled now will make my job that much easier a year or two years from now when something goes awry or modification is required.

A new radio was installed as well and this also called for a new through hull connection. New RG58 coax cable and pl259 connectors were installed.

The process of changing out all the wiring on the boat is slow, tedious and intricate work but it needed to be done. Now I need to order some 16 AWG Marine cable for the radio.  The Projects never end.