18' livewell conversion

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Tash, I would say barely. I only have a 115 2 stroke on it so I suspect that helps weightwise. Moving the livewell under the leaning post should help with the weight distribution as well.
The main reason for it is to eliminate those wet feet days from the in floor.
My biggest concern is a bulkhead in the way trying to run the plumbing to it.
Do you have the floor out of yours yet? If so, was there a bulkhead in front of the floor well?

[gofastsandman]

What year is yours? Mine is an `89 and had no bulkheads. Ran a 1 1/2" drain out the original transom drain and a 1" clamshell pickup on the middle of the 2nd step 3` forward of the transom. I wanted as little profile as posible to avoid problems if i ever hit something submerged.
GFS

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Gofast, mine's an '89 also. I already have the drain thru hull and high speed pickup. I was concerned about getting the existing hoses forward to the new location.
Thanks for the heads up.

[eggsuckindog]

Just one thought I had on plumbing and access, maybe put a waterproof hatch on the forward wall of the old baitwell so you could reach the plumbing under the floor.

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That's what I was thinking too Dixon (great minds ).
I'll post pictures when I do it.

[gofastsandman]

Will you be able to access the seacock in a hurry this way?
GFS

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GFS, I can access the seacock thru the larger hatch I put in the splashwell area already.
I may add a secondary access thru the back of the floor livewell to get to it as well. If I don't use the infloor as a well anymore, it will probably be easier to get to the seacock thru the infloor than thru the splash hatch.