Questions for spetre owners

[Capt Chuck]

Makoman

"Hermco" would be the guy to ask for advice. You need to get those batteries above the deck!!
But here is a couple ideas you could do and still maintain your floor configuration.

The original floor scuppers were glassed in. The floor holes were sleeved 90* out thru the transom



Before I enclosed my transom, I built a gutter system by spliting PVC pipe in half and glassing it around the inside edge of the deck hatch.The water run-off was funneled to the floor scuppers.



The only problem here was the floor hatch had to be modified so it fit tight against the splashwell. You will see in the picture the "curve" to the back side. Then the hatch was hinged to the splashwell.

[abl1111]

Makoman, You raise a great question.

I have a '75 Tsunami w/ an IO. I have a hatch between the helm and passenger seat that needs to be water-proofed as it is the only place that allows rainwater to get into my bilge area. My bilge would be dry as a bone other wise.

I would want to make the deck/hatch seam totally water- proof.

Making the the 'gutter/drain system' the way Capt Chuck did is great if you can let gravity drain to the scuppers. I have the 'ole thru-the-floor scuppers so my drain water would have to be plumbed w/ a pump to get it up and out.

Any ideas ?

[riptide]

The only problem I see with the gutter/drain system is it getting cloged easily.I shark fish alot and the deck gets pretty nasty with fish guts and all.
I was thinking about moving the batteries into the the storage compartment between the seats and then sealing up the hatches and cutting in some TH marine sure seal hatches for access.I don't want to rely on bilge pumps to remove rain water or nasty wash down water.Everything should go out the scuppers.
Keep the ideas coming. Thanks