[Kithogue]

Alright gas tank and bilge here we go...

The gas tank we bought about 2 years ago has finally been set into the bilge for good. It's 54 gals and coated. We did not install it with any foam we wanted all surface areas of the tank to be able to breath. The only contact points are on the bottom supports. In those areas we used 5200 to bed 3" strips of neoprene to the bottom of the tank. It's fastened in place with some XL stainless screws. The screws caught the 2 inches of wood we used to raise the stringers. screws set and sealed with 5200.

We used 3" pvc tubes for rigging running from the transom to the bilge.(based off squid lips) Then we downsized to 2" running forward from bilge to console. After cutting some holes in the stringers were were pretty surprised how thick the glass gas gotten. We made 1/2" pvc weep holes towards the transom in each stringer for any water that finds it way into the voids. Ran the PVC long and then cut them pretty flush bedded in with epoxy. (thanks Billythekid)

Our bilge is pretty big from moving the gas tank forward and the boat will have limited storage so we added a shelf to the bilge. Not much but i think it will come in handy as a place to store extra stuff.

We used total boat bilge paint since we were working over epoxy. Not happy with the outcome, the paint has already rubbed off in places. If it was done in poly i would've used gel coat.

The garbord drain was drilled, then we bed a PVC tube in to help seal the transom. The transom is marine ply, but as you can see in from the core sample just glass and thickened epoxy in the cut out. The hoses pictured in the bilge are for the livewell fill and drain. The 2" through hull was drilled and backing plate mounted for the drain.

Pics of console/livewell and deck install to follow.