Washdown pump & scupper help

[bigeasy1]

Many thanks abl,
I already told my buddy who fishes with me,that we have to lose 100 lb's,to offset the weight of the kicker motor.

Thanks for the offer of the waterline picture,but after your reply,and talking to a few other guys,Iv'e decided to stay with the deck scuppers.
My deck floor was also in good shape,with only a small area of rotted core,where the helm seats were,so raising the deck is not in my plans.
At this point,I'm all glassed out,I did a couple of complete restorations before (alum.& wood),and swore that i would never do another,but then this Seacraft,that i had been trying to get for more than four years,became available.

I really under estimated how long it would take to do this,but in a way it's good as i've been able to pay for everything as i go.
We're going to use that front compartment,between the seats for rod storage.Normally we have about 25 rod and reel setups on board,so space is a premium.The tower i bought has six rocket launchers on it,and the down riggers will hold four more.
The rest will be in that compartment,and swapped the the ones on deck when needed.
We plan on using my 120 qt cooler behind the helm seat for our fish.
We srictly fish Salmon,average weight of 15-25 pounds,so it works pretty well for us.Our fishing is all trolling with down riggers,so we never(well,almost never) have to go foward to land a fish.

I also plan on using the vortex gadjet in the scuppers.This project has just been,and still is an incredible amount of work as you and most others on this site know.My thanks to everyone,for everything i learned from you.

Having this boat,makes me feel like i did when i was a kid and into hot rods.As i got older i found myself wishing i still had one of my old classic cars.
Well,now i feel the same way about this boat,I know it sounds corny, but i still can't beleive i have it.
This is one classic that i will never get rid of.