I hadn't realized the seat scuppers on the Ariel had been a problem. I know they were a problem on the Triton, but I thought that the problem was that when the boat was heeled over more than a certain amount, water splashing over the coaming on to the bench, leaked between the lazarette cover and the bench. Becaus, when the boat is healing, the drain outlet was higher or near the height of the seat scuppers on the leward side, It would fail to drain into the cockpit but instead overflow the and drain into the bilge. That is how, we figured, we almost lost our Triton in "The Race that No One Finished", which I understand is to be published in the Ariel Newsletter this fall.

What I had never looked into, was a "construction flaw". I don't have that problem with my Ariel - or so I believe - but I will look into it - rest assured!