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HA SCOTT
SORRY I DIDN’T SEE YOUR POST TILL NOW. THOSE SCUPPERS TO GO DIRECTLY THROUGH A 3’X 3’ X 8-12” LONG BLOCK OF WOOD IT IS LAMINATED WITH GLASS AND IT FITS AGAINST THE CORNER OF THE HULL AND GOES FROM ABOUT 2” IN FRONT OF THE SCUPPER TO THE TRANSOM AND THE TRANSOM TIES INTO IT FOR ADDED SUPPORT. IF THE WOOD IS NOT SHOT, BUT PROBABLY IT IS DUE TO THE SCUPPER BEING SHOT YOU COULD REPLACE JUST THE SCUPPER. I FOUND MY SCUPPER’S AT A GOOD MARINE HARDWARE STORE THEY DO MAKE THESE SCUPPER’S 4” LONG. IF YOU HAVE TO REPLACE THE BLOCKS OF WOOD YOU WILL HAVE A REAL PROBLEM ATTEMPTING TO DO THAT WITH OUT DOING THE TRANSOM FROM THE INSIDE. I DON’T SEE ANY EASY WAY OF GETTING TO THOSE BLOCKS OF WOOD ANY OTHER WAY WITH OUT TARRING UP A LOT OF GOOD DECKING AREA JUST TO GET TO THEM. I DID MINE WHEN I DID THE TRANSOM. THE ONLY OTHER METHOD YOU COULD USE IS TO REMOVE THE SCUPPER (BRASS TUBE) DO EVERYTHING POSSIBLE TO CLEAN UP THE INSIDE WHERE THE WOOD WILL BE OR SHOULD HAVE SAID USE TO BE. THEN BLOCK OFF THE BOTTOM WITH SOMETHING AND THEN FILL IN THE VOID FROM THE TOP WITH RESIN AND FAIRING COMPOUND THE GLASS THAT GOES AROUND THE WOOD COULD PROVE SUPPORT TO PUT FAIRING COMPOUND IN TO FILL IN THE VOID. I WOULDN’T USE JUST RESIN DUE TO THE ORIGINAL LAMINATION WAS NOT GOOD ENOUGH TO PREVENT LEAKING OF THE RESIN OUT OF THE GLASSED FRAME SURROUNDING THE WOOD BLOCK. THIS COULD BE A POTENTIAL MAJOR PROBLEM IF WATER LEAKS FROM AROUND THE TUBES INTO THAT AREA AND THAT AREA DOES NOT CONTAIN THE WATER YOU HAVE A POTENTIAL LEAK THAT GOES DIRECTLY INTO THE BILGE. I BET MORE THAT ONE SEACRAFT HAS SUNK BECAUSE OF THE SCUPPERS LEAKING FROM AROUND THIS 4” SCUPPER. IF YOU HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS LET ME KNOW I REMEMBER SPENDING A ENTIRE WEEKEND DOING MINE.
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