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Transform Your Boat With a DIY Shower Drain

Inside the DIY shower drain box: a bilge pump, float switch and outlet fittings for less than $25. Courtesy Roger Hughes When I bought my Down East 45, the shower in the aft stateroom's head drained ...
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I Learned About Boating From This: Check Those Check Valves!

Look out for one-way valves located in your bilge-pump overboard discharge hose. The intended purpose is to prevent the water left in the bilge hose from flowing back into the boat after the pump ...