Hi Josh,

I went back and looked at the posts and will try to get some pictures in the next few days.  I have not tried to upload anything to the site but it can't be that tough.  I had a really hard time getting into the locker under the quarterberth.  Well, I could get in but not out without help.  This is a job for someone that is smaller than me.  Fortunately, my oldest son who is 30 and sails a lot was willing to do the "inside the locker" part for me.  With what I did I don't expect that it will need any attention any time soon.
Jack

Hi,  Finally, I am back to work on the boat.  I owe everyone pictures of what we did to replace the original cockpit drains and will do my best to get that done in the next two weeks.  On the Westerly 28 I had the cockpit drains were through the cockpit floor, then on to seacocks that went into thru-hulls.  The lines were crossed so the starboard drain left through the port thru-hull.  If memory serves the thru-hulls were both below the waterline (hence the seacocks).  We took on a lot of water in the Delaware Bay one time but they drained without issue. 

I got a look at the keel trunk/keel clearances over the winter.  The only way to add drains to the keel trunk is to have the keel all the way down and then it is a little tight.  I was not certain that the keel would clear two thru hulls mounted in the forward section when it was raised.  I have since opted for a different approach.  It might be possible to put the new drains somewhere forward in the cockpit and run lines back to the engine compartment (which is behind the keel trunk) cross them to the opposite side and put in a drain with a seacock.  I will need to do a little more research on this but many boats have this set up.  Apparently with a below the waterline drain you do not have to worry about breaking the surface tension of the water and you also get drainage when heeled.  I paid a lot of money to get the boat lifted and blocked so I could do the new thru-hulls in the keel trunk and after looking decided against it.  As much as I hate making holes in the boat I may try the "crossed line, below the waterline" drains as it seems like a very do-able project. 
Jack

I have a ketch and the cockpit drains are in the recessed corners of the engine cover hatch.  Each of my drains is connected to a bronze thru-hull that is one inch in diameter.  No matter what you do to the top, you can only drain the water that a one inch line will carry.  These drain pretty easily into the keel trunk and the run is pretty short.  I am still going to put larger drains in but after lifting the boat and dropping the keel I was concerned about clearances in the trunk.  For all intensive purposes, I did not do what I thought would be an easy way to fix this problem because the reality of the keel trunk was not what I expected.  Next week I should have two full days to get this worked out so will try to give a report on the results.  Jack