Re: seacraft scupper question
G -
a bunch of thoughts - the original design scuppers go straight out the bottom, as mentioned above, from the deck, down thru the hull. On the bottom of the hull, just in front of the scupper discharge holes, there should be a small wedge block, which deflects the water running over the scupper hole, and results in basically a venturi effect, pulling water down thru the scupper, when the boat is running. Restoring the scupper holes, without those wedge blocks in place, will most likely result in a Non functioning scupper, in fact, water may shoot Up the scupper!!
The scuppers run down thru a glassed in wood block, and are lined with a brass tube - these are like 7 - 8 inches long, I have seen previous posts suggesting that they may be available from Boston Whaler dealers, if they need to be replaced.
On the engine, the good thing is that you are already up to a 25" transom, in my opinion, after running mine for awhile, and from various comments I've seen in here, is that a V4 130 - 140 would be just right, for economical and good performance, unless you're gonna have a boat full of people and be towing water toys around. I'm just a cruiser and fisherman, like to go out for a day and do some pretty good running around, as I've said, the V4-115 gets me to 30, and I often find I can't do that in the open sea anyway, but it sure is economical - 8 hours worth of non stop running, and trolling, and run and gun on surfacing fish, and only burned half of my 47 gallon tank.
On the previous owner drilling a small hole in the deck, to replace the scuppers, draining down into the bilge - lousy idea, but understandable, as you will find, in the forward well area, where you step down to go into the cabin, in the two back corners, are small, 1/2" holes to drain this area, and they also drain into the bilge, so he was just copying what the boat original design already had in place. Mine has a 1500 gph bilge pump on a float switch - don't know if that's original design or what - this topic really depends on your intended use - I only day boat, keeping it on a trailer, with plans for the occasional overnight in the water - I think if you plan on putting it in and keeping it in the water for the season, then you will need to figure out how to deal with getting rid of accumulated rain water, which is a problem area that, from reading many posts, I get a sense is why some Sea Crafts have sunk.
Well, enough rambling for now - best wishes on the move down from Maine.
Bill
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