[stevebrownell]

Fellowship,

Always good advice/input, much appreciated.

I noticed that a few of the members on this board and the other "Classic" site seem to have used gray conduit pvc for drains and through the hull tubes - Warthog, in particular. The stuff seems pretty sturdy....

I removed the thin brass tubes from my transom, and they had corroded away - my thinking was that the brass is pretty thin - why reinstall something that is going to corrode again? After filling the old holes, I drilled new ones, wetted out and used epoxy/cabosil mix to build up the inner walls of the hole. Basically, I needed a way to connect the deck scuppers across the rear storage compartments/livewell to the transom (I have a I/O vs. an outboard), so there is a good 18 inches of air space from the rear liner through the compartments to the transom.

The point regarding flex is well taken, I may install a flex-joint inline, versus running a straight tube back - maybe that will be sufficient to counteract and flex on the tubes.

How about a valve and a flex-joint (hose) and call it a day, not even bother with the TH scuppers.

Bobber, pics would be great. I'll get my pics up on the site asap; members can take a look at the mess I've made. Are any shots of your boat online? Maybe I will just install the TH ball scupper vents and see how that works if the ball valve and flex-joint are not sufficient.

I was ready to rip everything out last night, but I'll wait to see what you did.