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It does great in evacuating water quickly( I left the baitwell intake valve open, and let me tell you at high speed the high speed pickup works really well, the floor got soaked). The scuppers are above the waterline, even when there is lots of weight 3-4 big guys at the stern, I sometimes fish with 5&6 people and its never been an issue. I purposely raised the floor, in the lake pics you will see the waterline is at the shine & corner of hullside, transom and chine. Because of the boats deep forefoot and Me having xtra weight up front(Large fuel tank forward) and the cabin, I purposely raised the sole where the bow is.
Before I put in the stringer and sole, I took it to the lake to see where the waterline would lie. The bootstripe is NOT an indicator of the waterline on this boat, you can use that as an index to see where the bottom of the scuppers are, in relationship to where the true waterline is, look at the picture of the stern, and you will see the scupper well above. Additionally the all f the cavities are filled with USCG polyurethane foam flotation.
On this boat, in Hindsight, I don't believe it was necessary to raise the floor, but it did not hurt anything by doing so. I had 2 naval engineers helping me with the plans, lamination, schedule etc.