Strick, Just a bit behind where you are on your boat and loosing ground fast the way your moving. I found these drains at a local supplier they actually have a ball valve inside. I dished out the floor in the back to recess them some before I glassed. Not to take you back to far but do you think that some layers of 1708 on the sides of the hull would add enough strength or is the coring nessasary.