Cory B
Sustaining Member
Hello,
Ours (and most 80s-vintage Ericsons?) have a funky antisiphon hose coming off the exhaust thruhull. It is above the standing water line, but sometimes below the sailing one. Ours is made of a small rubber hose that does not appear to be rated for exhaust or anything, but most troubling, is that it ends in the lazarette about cockpit floor level, with a bolt jammed in the end! I'm certain this isn't right.
So, I'm curious to hear how other boats have this hose terminated. We're thinking of replacing the hose with A1 rated fuel hose, and T-ing it into a vent we have located on the outside of the cockpit combings just below the winch. The vent is currently used for the PSS vent line, and I don't see any problems sharing them. Does this sound reasonable?
Heres a pic of the exhaust fitting in the aft lazarette for anyone who doesn't have this and is curious about what the h*ll I'm talking about.
Ours (and most 80s-vintage Ericsons?) have a funky antisiphon hose coming off the exhaust thruhull. It is above the standing water line, but sometimes below the sailing one. Ours is made of a small rubber hose that does not appear to be rated for exhaust or anything, but most troubling, is that it ends in the lazarette about cockpit floor level, with a bolt jammed in the end! I'm certain this isn't right.
So, I'm curious to hear how other boats have this hose terminated. We're thinking of replacing the hose with A1 rated fuel hose, and T-ing it into a vent we have located on the outside of the cockpit combings just below the winch. The vent is currently used for the PSS vent line, and I don't see any problems sharing them. Does this sound reasonable?
Heres a pic of the exhaust fitting in the aft lazarette for anyone who doesn't have this and is curious about what the h*ll I'm talking about.