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Bob- There is an area were I can get a magnet into near the transom were the scupper tubes are. I will try later to get it out from there. Thanks for tips. It was my favorite ratchet.

GFS- I don't know of any easy way to remove 5200. They do make a solvent that is supposed to help dissolve/loosen it and I tried it once but it did not really work all that well. I have used a wire saw before. Being careful not to damage the fiberglass. That along with machine multiple curse words had limited effect. It might be easier to just build a new hatch.

Joey- either way I'm going to have to turn off the sea cock for fear of overflowing the tank (when pointed forward) or draining the tank (when pointed aft) so I'm going to try it this way and see what happens. The only issue I may have is it may not prime the pump very well when pointed aft. If this happens then I will flip it. On my 23 despite a large 1.5 inch drain located well below the top of the tank, the volume of the water pushing into the tank is greater then the volume exiting and the tank will overflow onto the deck if I don't remember to shut off the sea cock when traveling.


More progress over the last couple weeks. I seem to get the most work done late at night when the kids are asleep, the pager is not going off and the cell phone is not ringing. An old worn out Glen Campbell CD and a cigar help to pacify me while working.


drain for the fish box installed.




It was a major pain working in the small access hatch.




The distance between the thru hull and the fish box drain is only a few inches and there is a 90 degree angle between the two. I was barely able to get a 90 degree fitting on the sea cock without it bumping the fish box as I tightened it down. Working with one hand I managed to get it all installed. I wanted a bronze sea cock but it was too big so I had to go with one of those heavy duty plastic ones. Several trips to west marine for different fittings and this is the best I could come up with



bronze thru hull for fish box




The rub rail is installed. taco Marine part # V21-9613 It's rigid vinyl with a ss insert.
Since I was working alone I used ladders to hold up the ends of the 20 foot pieces while I screwed them in place.




ss insert and bilge pump thru hull




Trim tabs mounted. I still have to hook up the electrical.




Pull up for the deck hatches Seadog makes these.




The rod holders on the cc will have drains that empty into the bilge.




Bigshrimpin brought down his cherry picker and helped me mount the motor. Thanks again Tim!




getting started on the leaning post






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