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I'm going to presume the idea of simply eliminating self-bailing through-hull scuppers is a potentially dangerous idea.
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Gillie, I had a 1987 Chris Craft Seahawk that had deck drains. The seawater would just drain into the bilge and then I would have to rely on my bilge pumps to pump the water out. When fishing etc. I was constantly opening up the hatch to look inside the bilge to see if the water was filling up and always looking over the side to see if bilge pump was pumping water. I also had a bilge alarm....I hated that feeling!!In my opinion I would not eliminate the self bailing thru hull scuppers especially on the Seafari. At least now you can get on plane an evacuate the water from cockpit. If you eliminated the thru hulls on the Seafari and glassed in holes on deck I would think the water would have no place to go..you might have to use a manual pump to pump water off deck. If you left deck drains and glassed in hull openings, then you would have the same problem I did with the Chris Craft.
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When I change out the drain tube, should I stick with the brass tube design or switch to a garboard type with a threaded plug?
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When my transom was rebuilt they installed a brass tube and utilized the expansion drain plug on the outside. I went ahead and purchased a garboard plug and the back flange fit right inside of the brass tube. Installed with 5200 and screws. I would rather be able to screw the drain plug in instead of relying on expansion.
Regarding the rub rail...I had to rescrew my rubrail on my old Speedcraft after I rubbed up against a piling. I was able to just undo the two end screws and pull the middle channel away from the outer channel. The insert was flexible enough that I did not have to slide it back in/out starting at the entry point. If your insert is not as pliable, you might have to slide it in/out..plus you will save your fingertips some grief when trying to push and work insert back into place.
Oh, again thanks for info on add a battery!!!
-Fred