Stringer/Transom area question

[strick]

John- I think you are referring to the battery boxes in your description.

http://www.casdvm.com/photos/SeaCraf...ttery%20boxes/

They are non structural and can be removed. Cant remember how my fuel tank came out but I think it was a tight fit also.

strick

[JohnB]

Thanks for the reply,
Battery boxes in the bilge, hmmmmm... that's what they call those.

I will shoot a picture tomorrow, I am planning on leaving them out, they didn't do anything for years, if it hasn't broke in half by now, it probably won't. These actually weighed over 70 pounds each. One broke loose and k/oed my raw wash down pump. I am just glad it didn't knock off one of the sea cocks, and sink the boat.

[strick]

Yea thats exactly what I thought when I discovered them thanks to Scott our senior member. He turned mo on the the fact that they looked rotten and should investigate. It is one of the few places you will find plywood in your Seacraft. I guess SeaCraft thought it was a good idea during those years to place the battery's in the bilge near the fuel tank

Strick

[JohnB]

strick,
Thanks, more room for the fish box. I like my batteries "above" deck. I am looking at doing something like what Capt Chuck did on his with the in-floor box. With those out of the way, it should make for a good size box. The hard part will be fabricating a lipped/sealed opening with a drain. I am hopping I can find something premade/used.

[stoney]

I used the Coosa board Bluewater 26 in 1 1/2" thickness.
It is easy to work with, light and 2 years later no problems.
I did 1708 over the old 1 layer of mat on the transom, then the Coosa, then 3 layers 1708, then three knees.