'84 Overnighter questions

[TCinVA]

I have the above mentioned boat, I'm getting ready to go on vacation with it after my maiden voyage last weekend when I finally finished rigging my motor. I know the two fish boxes under the steps tie into a tee and drain out the sides of the hull with the front cockpit drains, but through experiments with a hose, the flush storage box in the front of the cockpit drains into the bilge. What is the purpose of this box? Is it supposed to drain into the bilge? Should I plug it when out in rough water? Am I over analyzing things? I tries to download the owner's manual and brochure for my year boat, but my anti=virus said the pdf had a virus and was rejected. Thanks for helping a G/W :noob

 

[TCinVA]

No one? A little help?

 

[family affair]

My dad had the same boat. We simply used it for storage because it was not insulated.
Placing a plug won't do much good to prevent water intrusion. If you have water coming up through that hole you have serious problems! :shock:

If you want to prevent water from ever getting to that point, plug the drain at the gas tank bulk head from the bilge. There should be 2 holes in the bulk head. One for draining water from the gas tank compartment; the other for the floor box in question. I know this because my dad bought the boat with an 8' x 2' hole in the hull!

We miss that storage on our Voyager. Grady saved that area for another gas tank that we don't have or need.