23 Restoration

[stoney]

You do not need the livewell for structural reasons. Look at the following pictures from the galleries. Both boats took out the livewell under the motor and stiffened the transom with knees. The guys on this site have intimate knowledge of rebuilding seacrafts. http://www.classicseacraft.com/captc...edium/0036.jpg
or
http://www.classicseacraft.com/fello...dium/0018.jpg.
I admit to copying thier ideas, except I put in three knees. You should have plenty of the 4 x 8 coosa board left and it doesn't weigh much. I installed the three knees and took out the useless livewell 2 years ago and there is not a structural issue. Then you can install these
http://www.classicseacraft.com/diego...edium/0020.jpg
a pair of bilge pumps independently wired to each battery with thier own fuse.