outboard well plug....

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Hope you did see what 'we' have on electric OB motors.
Not only pricey motors like the Torgeedo but also inboard home built electric.

Looks like Harbor 20 Torgeedo is lifted in and out of its mount,
held in place by a sort of bent pipe or tube that obviously also protects the cord.
Torgeedo is also available with its own battery on top of the unit.

Something like this might be adaptable for a stern mount on Ariel/Commander.

To push an Ariel you'd probably need their newest more powerful machine
that comes at a very powerful price.
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Capt Craig. A flapper valve in the well sounds like a great idea!
You'd have it fitted in the lid. Now that I think about it..... a duckbill 'valve'
like the ones used in heads would be pretty simple to experiment with.
Water pressure from inside would funnel the water out - but any dollops wanting in
would close the more or less limp 'bills' of the opening.

How about two sheets of rubber one on top of the other (for starters).
The bottom piece is the bendy one that with inside water pressure will bend open.
It wouldn't have to be much of an opening imco to let a lot of water out.
I see it as a wide slit in the material.
The rubber sheet on top is stiffer but still somewhat pliable, to be able to
withstand the shock of possible incoming water, which closes the bendy sheet
against the thicker one.
The slit opening in the lower sheet is offset from the opening in the heavy sheet.

Of course the well itself has to spend some time out of the water stream
to allow water weight inside the well to bend open the lower sheet
- because persistant outside water pressure would not allow drainage.
Idea is like a powerboat transom flapper valve.
The sheet idea might allow the concept to work horizontally.

Needs research and $$$ and time.
Sheet rubber from McMasterCarr.
The OB well RUBBA-DUMPA might be a separate alternative lid.

Or designed something like an access-plate that inserts into a prepared hole in the well lid.
[OK, now, let's talk about marketing this baby!!!]