Well...slowly working and getting closer to splash day. Tim's Bigpimpin bracket has been bolted on with a total of 16 bolts
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Everything was backed with some plate alum cutouts I made from an old transom plate.
We used 4 tubes of 5200 of which most of just squeezed back out
but I would hate to have to remove it.
The big thirsty pig has been mounted and rigged and only awaits gas and oil to come back to life...did I mention gas
I have spent the last couple of days bottom painting the bracket tub, installing the washdown pump, racor, and rigging in the bilge. The bilge is looking nice an neat and I am hung up on what to do about the icebox drains. I had installed thru hulls into the bilge and intended to run a 3/4 tube over to a side thru hull that would drain both. Now I am just scratching my head and pacing the yard on what to do. I am thinking the flared brass thru hulls thru the transom would have been just fine put back. Is anyone draining these into the bilge and pumping? My boat will be moored. My single thru hull idea puts my thru hull down by the boot stripe for adequate drainage. I'm all ears
Another trip up is mounting the transom mount ducer that I got with the Garmin FF from Rich (awesome deal). I am trying to figure on the best spot to punch a whole thru to feed the wire back into the bilge and up to the console and FF.