Is this for a self bailing cockpit that has drains without scuppers above the water line? I would say install either flapper type rubber or plastic scuppers or deepening on configuration the ping pong ball style. I like the latter better in choppy conditions, seem to work a little better. They have a silicone gasket that the ball settles into when submerged and a large outflow to quickly drain the deck.

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