It has been awhile since I have done anything on the boat besides fair or epoxy and lay glass. So I thought I would do some fun work.
This series of pictures is how the high speed bait well pick up turned out...
My first challenge was to make a template so I could transfer this to the bottom.
Once it was routed out and tested a flush fit was the reward.
The next step was to make a backing plate so that it would be able to take the stress of a pump and shut off.
Once you grind away enough material you get a flush fit.
Now the fun begins...I took my template and screwed it to the bottom on the hull after I laid out where I wanted the hole.
I used a flat router bit with a collar on it to get the right size lip. This is the first pass.
The next part was to clean it up at depth.
Now I have a new hole in the boat
After some minor die grinding...we now have a high speed water pick up that is flush with the bottom
Now the last thing to do is fair out the inside and mix up some epoxy and glass the pad in.
