{"id":26412,"date":"2025-04-21T08:33:24","date_gmt":"2025-04-21T12:33:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wavewalk.com\/blog\/?p=26412"},"modified":"2025-04-21T17:05:54","modified_gmt":"2025-04-21T21:05:54","slug":"scuppers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wavewalk.com\/blog\/2025\/04\/21\/scuppers\/","title":{"rendered":"Scuppers"},"content":{"rendered":"

The S4 Microskiff is offered without scuppers because typically there isn’t enough water accumulating in its hulls to justify a special drainage device, especially since wiping the water with a big towel does the job in most cases, and in the rare cases when there is enough water on the bottom of a hull to allow for priming a manual or electric pump, using one drains the water within seconds, and so does a simple hand bucket.<\/p>\n

Some S4 Microskiff owners outfit it with scuppers, usually because they have to use a garden hose to rinse plenty of dirt and fish blood out of the hulls, which requires draining out a lot of water.
\nNote that drilling large diameter holes in the cockpit rim works as well as scuppers in the stern, and it just requires flipping the boat.<\/p>\n

Installing a scupper below waterline is hazardous, and therefore, the favorite place for installing these accessories is around the top of the hulls’ rear tips, as seen below. This is a good place, except that it requires flipping the boat in order to drain the water out, and it restricts visibility and access when you spray water into the hulls – It’s no big deal, just somehow inconvenient.<\/p>\n

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Scuppers installed in the top part of the S4 stern tips<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Alternatively, the picture on the top of the page shows a scupper installed on the underside of the bow tip, high above the waterline.
\nThis forward location allows for rinsing the interior of the hulls with a hose without flipping the boat. However, this plug location requires raising the stern considerably (see below picture) for drainage to be effective – a pulley can help in such case.
\nNote that the scupper in this frontal location does not interfere with the usage of the bow tip handles.<\/p>\n

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S4 Microskiff drained from front plug. Tip: If you want to install a scupper in this front location, drill the hole slowly and carefully in order to avoid perforating the deck.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Generally, we recommend removing the plug from the scupper hole when draining the boat in order to avoid clogging as much as possible.<\/p>\n

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