Last week Sharon (wife) and I did the final test run on the boat to check out scuppers and bait well drainage. The good news is that the boat ran great for our 2 hour run. Not so good news was that the bait well overflow did not work so back to the drawing board...the pictures to follow will tell the story
In all this testing I have held off on glassing in the 2 rear sections of the floor, because I was not sure on the scuppers and the over flow on the bait well. Good thing I waited.
Original scupper set up...flush mount in the floor and then out the transom...even though I raised the floor 2 inches, the scupper was almost the same distance below the floor and did not allow a safe drain.
So what I did is basically the traditional way...straight thru the transom and out...this way it was above the water line and the flappers keep out any back wash.
Trial fit with out floor
Looking down you can see the short connecting tube from thru hull to rear inside transom cover.
This shows the trial fit, so cover will be flush to floor, but you should get the idea.
The next challenge was the overflow of the bait well...since the bait tank is below the floor it was doubtful it would drain, but I thought just maybe...well it neutralized out, no drain out but no drain in. Soooo I decided that a dry well with a bilge would work, and it does
2 side dry well using bulkhead and stringer...hold about 6 gallons and pump out real quick at approx. 1 gallon.
Template.
5200 into place...overflow and end of day drain, so I eliminated one thru hull and one sea-cock. So I think this was a win...
Bilge pump in dry well
So after all this you would think drilling in rod holders would be a walk in the park
It seems that Mr. Moesly did not make the gunnels as wide as they should of been...I think he even mentioned to me if he was doing the 21 again, the gunnels would of been wider...
Outline of rod holder.
Ruff die grind out.
Trial fit, and now needs to be faired in..
OK so now I need something easy.
Dash
Bilge alarm and clock..
I feel real good now so the 2 back floor panels have been epoxied in and now just a little more fairing and on to the next challenge...
