drain holes

[bigeasy1]

Yep they're scuppers as mentioned.
I love, love, love, my 23" Seacraft Tsunami,(it's an I/O)but I hate those scuppers.
I'm not familiar with the 20's but I would move as much weight as possible forward of the stern.A pair of plain old drain plugs is invaluable when you want to make sure water stays out.

I unfortunately have a kicker motor that weighs 110 lbs,along with four down riggers with another 60lbs of weight on them located at the stern.
That along with the weight of the I/O package being heavier than an outboard,and an engine box, bilge & transom that I overbuilt makes the boat very stern heavy.
This renders the scuppers useless when one guys in the corner fighting a fish,especially in the spring,when the water temp is in the high thirties to mid forties.

As soon as everybody is seated again,or when at the dock they work fine.
I've tried the Vortex method and sometimes they work great and other times they don't.
I lay in bed at night thinking of ways to make a fool proof anti water intrusion do jiggy.

[Bushwacker]

Hey John,

I've found that the vortex plugs work real well, but if you install 'em after boat is in water and at rest, you have to be carefull to pack the glove finger part of it up under the PVC part so the water doesn't push it up and get it caught under the "O" ring during installation. Water won't drain out if that happens! By the way, I'm now using some blue Ansell nitrile gloves that are the toughest gloves that I've ever seen! Previously used some purple nitrile gloves that were better than vinyl but not as good as the blue ones. Got both at W-mart. Denny

[bigeasy1]

Thanks Denny,
Yup,I also found the Nitrile gloves to be better as they are much tougher.I'll have to revisit the vortex thread,as I made mine a little different.
Sometimes what happens,is that the finger gets pushed up the plastic tube in the opposite direction and water enters the boat.
I just used some short pieces of cpvc tube,and attached a finger to it with the end cut off.I also used an o-ring at the top of the tube.
I'll have to take another look at the the Vortex.

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