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| ====== Vega Scupper Q/A ====== | ====== Vega Scupper Q/A ====== | ||
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| - | **Tom Halsted** Aug 26 #29954 | + | **Tom Halsted** Aug 26, 2021 #29954 |
| Anyone else with a Vega Flex have issues with it not draining much - even at 8mph? It means I'm carrying a lot of sloshing water and weight around while paddling. | Anyone else with a Vega Flex have issues with it not draining much - even at 8mph? It means I'm carrying a lot of sloshing water and weight around while paddling. | ||
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| There is a phillips head screw right behind the venturi on the bottom of the boat that somehow holds the guide rails for the original Vega drain system. I used JD’s demo boat in the Gorge recently and he had removed that screw and guide rails. It might not make the venturi more efficient but it may help it gravity drain the water level inside the cockpit to the water level outside the boat a bit quicker. You can see the Tee inside under the back of the venturi. The bullet helps a little bit. I may try a couple pieces of closed cell foam under each calf with an inch gap in-between that would reduce the amount of water a bit. | There is a phillips head screw right behind the venturi on the bottom of the boat that somehow holds the guide rails for the original Vega drain system. I used JD’s demo boat in the Gorge recently and he had removed that screw and guide rails. It might not make the venturi more efficient but it may help it gravity drain the water level inside the cockpit to the water level outside the boat a bit quicker. You can see the Tee inside under the back of the venturi. The bullet helps a little bit. I may try a couple pieces of closed cell foam under each calf with an inch gap in-between that would reduce the amount of water a bit. | ||
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| **Reivers Dustin** Aug 26 #29965\\ | **Reivers Dustin** Aug 26 #29965\\ | ||
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| **Tom Halsted** Aug 27 #29970\\ | **Tom Halsted** Aug 27 #29970\\ | ||
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| Or, maybe I'll grind on some PVC piping or other plastic, to replicate their version. | Or, maybe I'll grind on some PVC piping or other plastic, to replicate their version. | ||
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| It may be clunky, but I'll try it out this weekend and see how it drains. | It may be clunky, but I'll try it out this weekend and see how it drains. | ||
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| **Duncan Howat** Aug 27 #29982 | **Duncan Howat** Aug 27 #29982 | ||
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| Adding carbon bullets from DeAnne to the Swordfish definitely made it start to drain at lower speeds. It starts draining at about 3.5mph. Before adding them is was prob 4 or 4.25 mph before they started to drain noticeably. YMMV. | Adding carbon bullets from DeAnne to the Swordfish definitely made it start to drain at lower speeds. It starts draining at about 3.5mph. Before adding them is was prob 4 or 4.25 mph before they started to drain noticeably. YMMV. | ||
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| **James Schulz** Aug 28 #29990 | **James Schulz** Aug 28 #29990 | ||
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| Jim Schulz | Jim Schulz | ||
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| **Tom Halsted** Aug 30 #29995 | **Tom Halsted** Aug 30 #29995 | ||
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| [[https://www.surfski.info/tips/story/1056/“hydrodynamic-aspects-of-surfski-drain-scuppers”-or-“the-science-behind-the-bullets”.html|More than you wanted to know - surfski.info]] - one of the additional advantages for the bullets mentioned is that they also reduce overall boat drag a bit. | [[https://www.surfski.info/tips/story/1056/“hydrodynamic-aspects-of-surfski-drain-scuppers”-or-“the-science-behind-the-bullets”.html|More than you wanted to know - surfski.info]] - one of the additional advantages for the bullets mentioned is that they also reduce overall boat drag a bit. | ||
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| + | (Ed: //2025 - probably going forward Kai Wa'a is including bullets with their scuppers - they are definitely doing it with the Arc//) | ||
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