Several different projects part # 1 & 2

[FELLOW-SHIP]

Since I finished my 23 CC boat in 6/02 I have done several little projects to tweak my boat just a little bit here and there. I never posted any of these little projects just did my thing and moved on.
Well I decided to post some pictures of some the work I have done since then.

Scupper change – as time went on and I did different things regarding my scuppers from the Vortex project as some of you guys still remember I then went with a inline scupper which I really wasn’t all that happy with due to the space between the transom and the inner liner is very limited for a inline scupper so I finally went with a Perko Marine 1 ½” brass chrome coated scupper. I filled in the through the hull scupper with glass and wood and epoxy and went out the stern. Here are some pictures of that project.







Project Part 2 are the recessed cleats you see in Picture #2


FellowShip

Just for the Grins

[Islandtrader]

How do the perkos work? Any leakage?

[FELLOW-SHIP]

Hi Islandtrader;

They work great and no leaks. I should have done it this way from the beginning “live and learn”.


FellowShip

Just for the Grins

[oldfielder]

Nice Projects.
Are those scuppers sitting above, at, or below the water line when you are at rest?

[FELLOW-SHIP]

Hi Oldfielder;

That’s a great question and why some guys are now raising the decks on the 23’ like the guys on the 20’ have been doing.

My water line on the outside of the boat is approx. where the 90 degree angle on the trim tab hinge plate is when I have a full tank of gas and 2 guys in the boat. I have one 225 outboard 2 stroke on the back.

On the inside of the boat when I had the through the bottom of the hull original scuppers you could see the water approx 1’ down from the top of the tube inside the deck. Those scupper tubes were in the middle of the square pocket in the corners of the deck.

If two guys were standing close to the scupper in the bay you still were OK But if you were drift fishing and two or three guys were standing close to the scupper trying to gaff a fish in 1-3’ or bigger seas water would come in and get peoples feet wet. If sea conditions were bad and I had 3 guys in the boat drift fishing we would have to fish one guy in the bow of the boat just to keep in from taking on some water or I would pull out the sea anchor/drift bag to have the bow of the boat to the seas.
That’s why I did the Vortex thread those things really worked well but they were not built to last long and restricted the flow of water out of the boat.

Saying all that when I drift fish and guys are in the back the water line will be some times way under the “at rest point” and sometimes way above that “at rest point”. No water back flushes these new scuppers.

Saying all that If I were to build another 23’ SeaCraft and I were going to put 2 motors on a bracket I would raise the deck during the re built so I could raise those Perko scuppers 2”, 3” or possibly 4” higher depending on how high I raised my deck.



FellowShip

Just for the Grins

[oldfielder]

Yeah-That's what I figured. With the i/o, I don't know if my differential between deck and waterline is as great as yours-I've been debating going out the transom for about two years, but I just don't like those things sitting underwater most of the time.