Hi everyone,
I'm fairly new to the forum as I purchased my first Parker, a 1989 2520, this past fall. After repowering and replacing the fuel tank, I've been extremely happy with the boat but I've just encountered what seems to be a significant problem and I'm wondering if anyone could provide some help?
The bow of the boat (beneath the pilot house) is holding a significant amount of water that I believe should be draining to the bilge but will not. There is so much water now held in the bow cavity that it's come up to the top of both drain holes and sloshes out when under power. The drains aren't actually connected to flexi-tubing, instead they're simply holes that empty into the hull cavity.
From replacing the fuel tank, I know that there's a PVC pipe that runs beneath the tank and connects the bow cavity to the bilge. Despite many attempts to snake the pipe, I've been unsuccessful in getting a plumbing snake or electrical snake to enter the pipe. I was thinking of cutting an access hole (that I would later cover with a plastic inspection plate) just forward of the tank cavity (within the pilot house and again just forward of the drain hole pictured below) so that I can get my hand into the bow cavity to find the opening to the pipe but I'm unsure of the stringer plan and whether I would intersect a stringer that runs across the boat at that particular point.
Any help or advice would be very much appreciated as I'm now worried that serious rot could be occurring due to the sitting water. Thank you!
I'm fairly new to the forum as I purchased my first Parker, a 1989 2520, this past fall. After repowering and replacing the fuel tank, I've been extremely happy with the boat but I've just encountered what seems to be a significant problem and I'm wondering if anyone could provide some help?
The bow of the boat (beneath the pilot house) is holding a significant amount of water that I believe should be draining to the bilge but will not. There is so much water now held in the bow cavity that it's come up to the top of both drain holes and sloshes out when under power. The drains aren't actually connected to flexi-tubing, instead they're simply holes that empty into the hull cavity.
From replacing the fuel tank, I know that there's a PVC pipe that runs beneath the tank and connects the bow cavity to the bilge. Despite many attempts to snake the pipe, I've been unsuccessful in getting a plumbing snake or electrical snake to enter the pipe. I was thinking of cutting an access hole (that I would later cover with a plastic inspection plate) just forward of the tank cavity (within the pilot house and again just forward of the drain hole pictured below) so that I can get my hand into the bow cavity to find the opening to the pipe but I'm unsure of the stringer plan and whether I would intersect a stringer that runs across the boat at that particular point.
Any help or advice would be very much appreciated as I'm now worried that serious rot could be occurring due to the sitting water. Thank you!