Anchor locker drain?

[Maineiac]

Took my new 2020 AR210 out for her maiden voyage yesterday. When I was winching her back onto the trailer I heard some popping sounds and discovered that my bow eye was loose!

Today I went out to the boat with some tools to tighten down the bolts on the bow eye and noticed this rough looking hole at the bottom of my anchor locker.

Is this the drain? Is it normal to look like they just used a power drill and called it a day? I guess I was expecting something similar to the drains in the other compartments.

 

[Neutron]

Yup thats about how they look for the most part. Beautiful ain't it?
Clean it up and seal the sides smooth to the white plastic fitting that goes out of the hull

 

[ToddW850]

Yes, that's gonna be the drain but that looks absolutely horrible! Not sure on the 2020 but the previous years (only a couple years back) would allow water to get to the bilge from this drain hole here. How's the outside of this hole look? I'll try and get a pic of mine tomorrow.

 

[Maineiac]

Yup thats about how they look for the most part. Beautiful ain't it?
Clean it up and seal the sides smooth to the white plastic fitting that goes out of the hull

How do I do that?

 

[Maineiac]

Yes, that's gonna be the drain but that looks absolutely horrible! Not sure on the 2020 but the previous years (only a couple years back) would allow water to get to the bilge from this drain hole here. How's the outside of this hole look? I'll try and get a pic of mine tomorrow.

I haven’t pulled the plug from the outside yet, but I suspect water is leaking into the bilge because there was water in there that drained out without me pulling the exterior plug.

I assume normal operation is to only drain if I pull the plug from the outside?

 

[suke]

I haven’t pulled the plug from the outside yet, but I suspect water is leaking into the bilge because there was water in there that drained out without me pulling the exterior plug.

I assume normal operation is to only drain if I pull the plug from the outside?

it's literally a hole. It'll fill and drain on its own. The theory is it'll only fill that area, and it'll drain right back out of that hole. I sealed mine up really good with marine sealant. Mine also looked like a really shitty drill job. Fortunately mine looked like it came through the hull enough that water couldn't/shouldn't get in the bilge. I was trying to figure out why my carpets were wet, so check that as a place to start. Don't think that was the issue, but my carpets have been dry ever since. I think it largely had to do with my boat getting rained in a lot while at the dealer before I bought it.

 

[Neutron]

How do I do that?

Use 5200 and just make it sealed to the tube so water wont go between the layers and can only go outside the hull

 

[919Cummins]

Went to the lake Saturday, after about 6 hours had about 2-3 gallons come out when I pulled the plug.

Put a plug in the anchor locker before Sunday's adventure, had ZERO drops.

 

[Maineiac]

it's literally a hole. It'll fill and drain on its own. The theory is it'll only fill that area, and it'll drain right back out of that hole. I sealed mine up really good with marine sealant. Mine also looked like a really shitty drill job. Fortunately mine looked like it came through the hull enough that water couldn't/shouldn't get in the bilge. I was trying to figure out why my carpets were wet, so check that as a place to start. Don't think that was the issue, but my carpets have been dry ever since. I think it largely had to do with my boat getting rained in a lot while at the dealer before I bought it.

Oh, so there isn’t even a plug on the outside? I saw the spot on the bow but never inspected it closely.

 

[Scott]

it's literally a hole. It'll fill and drain on its own. The theory is it'll only fill that area, and it'll drain right back out of that hole. I sealed mine up really good with marine sealant. Mine also looked like a really shitty drill job. Fortunately mine looked like it came through the hull enough that water couldn't/shouldn't get in the bilge. I was trying to figure out why my carpets were wet, so check that as a place to start. Don't think that was the issue, but my carpets have been dry ever since. I think it largely had to do with my boat getting rained in a lot while at the dealer before I bought it.

Suke, my carpets have also been wet. I cannot figure out why. Did you seal up the hole completely?

Scott

 

[suke]

Oh, so there isn’t even a plug on the outside? I saw the spot on the bow but never inspected it closely.

Nope just an open fitting. No valve, plug, etc.

 

[suke]

Suke, my carpets have also been wet. I cannot figure out why. Did you seal up the hole completely?

Scott

I didn't seal the hole up completely. Just put sealant around the edges so there was a continuous seal between the fitting pressed in from the outside and the inside of the anchor locker.

 

[Neutron]

I didn't seal the hole up completely. Just put sealant around the edges so there was a continuous seal between the fitting pressed in from the outside and the inside of the anchor locker.

Thats all that is needed to fix it

 

[buckbuck]

Wow, my friend had this problem on his 2017 212X. Three years later and Yamaha still hasn't addressed it? Put that guy on a different part of the assembly line.

 

[Matt Phillips]

Its interesting as the anchor lockers on the 23 & 24 footers I've had all had the same design. basically it's just a hold for water to drain out. the problem is anything speed where the water covers that outside drain hole while moving will force water back into the anchor locker. Next time you're and you're tooling along at no wake speed, look in that locker. On my 23 footer, water was up to 6" deep...but didn't overflow back into the seating area and was sealed. If you're getting water under those bow seats, maybe this is where it's coming from?

To that note, when you're down with the boat for a trip and it's going to sit for a few days, make sure to remove the anchor line and lay if about the floor of your boat -- even if you didn't use the anchor. Otherwise that line may get moldy as it'll never dry in the anchor compartment.

 

[ToddW850]

I haven’t pulled the plug from the outside yet, but I suspect water is leaking into the bilge because there was water in there that drained out without me pulling the exterior plug.

I assume normal operation is to only drain if I pull the plug from the outside?

Sorry for my confusing post. But @suke Explained what I was trying to say.

 

[BigDaddyJake]

We’ve had our ‘19 212 out 4 times so far and we continually get water into the ski locker. I have the plug in the ski locker, but could the water be coming from the anchor locker compartment. I didn’t know if water could be getting in between the hull and the anchor compartment and then draining into the ski locker? I’m to big of a guy to get down and see if there’s a gap between the floor and the ski locker compartment that it could be coming from the anchor locker area. It unfortunate Yamaha never addressed this simple fix in production.
Lastly, when you guys used the 5200 did you clean up the hole face then apply internally to fill the compartment and hull gap? Thanks

 

[Maineiac]

Today I verified that the exterior plug appears to go all the way through, and I sealed the edges of the anchor compartment hole with some 5200.

I also added some sticky backed 1/4” rubber padding to around where the anchor sits to keep it from rubbing.

 

[Woodsy]

I purchased new, a 2017 AR210 about a month ago. After our maiden voyage, all the compartment carpets were wet, and the floor locker was about 3/4 full of water. It was the anchor locker drain. The drain hole fitting only bridges about 1/2 the gap of the hull, allowing water into the boat. So I used silicone as a quick fix to seal the open gap. However after extensive research I could not find a proper thru-hull drain fitting or scupper small enough to fit the 3/4” hole. To fix it right, I think you will need to drill a larger hole. I have decided to plug the drain plug off with silicone completely. Next time I go to the dealership, I will have them drill the hole and install a scupper under warranty.

 

[OurCrew]

Today I verified that the exterior plug appears to go all the way through, and I sealed the edges of the anchor compartment hole with some 5200.

What is 5200, sorry new here, have boat on order, looking for heads up to know what to look for when I get it