[aloof]

I have been thinking of making a little drip pan for the mast foot. A separate little pump would drain it. That way the bilge could be dry most of the time. Anyone seen this?

 

[aloof]

I'd be a little worried you would concentrate the moisture and rot out your mast foot. Better to have it drain to the bilge and then drain that, I would think.

That is an excellent point. Fortunately my mast ends at about the floors. The pan could sit below on the turn of the hull, above the keel stub sump.