Bob,
As fanatical as I am about reducing the number of thru-hulls in my boat, I still opted for a separate, dedicated
thru-hull & seacock for the engine raw water intake. Everything else aboard that uses seawater – the galley sink,
watermaker, toilet, anchor/foredeck wash-down, and anything else I might install in the future – will draw from the
seachest. Of those items, the biggest consumer is likely to be the deck washdown pump up by the bow anchors, a Shurflo
Pro Blaster, and that only pumps 4 gpm during its occasional use. So I’m not too concerned about having a huge thru-hull
for the seachest. What I installed comes down to a 5/8″ ID hose fitting, which I believe will suffice. Remember, Dashew
is accommodating a larger vessel with every imaginable bell & whistle. Our needs tend to be more modest.
I’m still not decided whether to just beef up the lid and maybe the rest of the box of the converted shower sump I have
already set up as the seachest, or to scrap it and build a PVC manifold from scratch. As for location of the PVC option,
what you suggest sounds right to me.
Tor
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