tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6208406.post2885848656015860857..comments2024-03-28T08:26:58.108-04:00Comments on Our Odyssey: Island time, monLouisehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06306854459459257368noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6208406.post-68891095494926619462015-03-25T17:44:55.476-04:002015-03-25T17:44:55.476-04:00Sure. If you've not been around small boats, ...Sure. If you've not been around small boats, the sort that can easily be taken out of the water on a trailer, they all have a drain hole at the bottom of the transom. This is called a "garboard drain" and is used to drain any residual water out of the bilge when the boat is hauled out of the water. The hole has a plug in it; rigid inflatable tenders like ours often have a squeeze-fit plug in this hole because you need to remove it every time you lift the boat out of the water, and indeed we did this with our first tender. The tender we have now instead had a threaded plug (3/4" NPT) semi-permanently installed, because the boat also has an electric bilge pump which clears the water out reasonably well. I only remove the garboard plug if we plan to leave the tender on deck for longer than a couple of months.<br /><br />The underwater light is a simple epoxy-encapsulated LED fitted in a standard 3/4" NPT fitting. If you go to eBay and type "garboard underwater light" (how I got ours) you'll see quite a few different ones for sale; mostly the sellers make these in their garage. They're so cheap it was not worth buying the separate parts and doing it myself.<br /><br />I can still remove the garboard plug when needed, I just need to leave it dangling by the wires, which are run back to the accessory breaker at the helm.<br />Seanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17930398671280529448noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6208406.post-75434047374266262792015-03-25T11:30:09.946-04:002015-03-25T11:30:09.946-04:00Can you elaborate on the underwater light you can ...Can you elaborate on the underwater light you can installed on the tender!CharlieHhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06052418348634879516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6208406.post-46146092669972654552015-03-24T13:14:19.674-04:002015-03-24T13:14:19.674-04:00I like keeping up with your travels - and just lov...I like keeping up with your travels - and just love the phrasing "Android necropsy." Best wishes from all of us watching your adventures from a distance!Phil L.noreply@blogger.com