[Jon G]

Jim,I would go with brass tubes for the motor well drains. First I would epoxy [img]images/icons/grin.gif[/img] : the wood after drilling them, when you put the tubes in 5200 the heck out of them, that way if the sealant ever leaks the epoxy will keep the wood dry. I gave up on the tube for my transom bilge drain. I let the wood dry after pulling that tube out(almost fell out not doing anything)Then put a couple of coats of epoxy on the exposed wood and screwed a new garboard drain on the outside. That way the water runs over the epoxy coated wood on the way out the drain rather than into the wood. Keep up the work. You can blame this weather on me [img]images/icons/rolleyes.gif[/img] I got the boat finished and uncovered and took it for a ride on thursday, then saw the weather and covered it back up again. [img]images/icons/mad.gif[/img] Good luck Jon