73 Tsunami scupper question?

[McGillicuddy]

Capt. Mike,
I just replaced my scuppers and it's as easy or complicated as you want to make it.

After much debate I replaced them as they were. On the Seafari they are supported by a block of fir between the hull and the deck. That block is wrapped in glass and putty and then bored to accept the 1" brass tubes.

I knew my starboard side was leaking because when I opened the hatch I could see a stream trickling along the foam and stringer. The water was getting between the glass and wood, and the tube, and had opened cracks in the wood. The putty was cracked and the water was making its way into the bilge. If your boat is from the 70's I can all but guarantee that you have a leak there. I've attached a link to what I documented... except for drilling out the new hole. Good luck!

When I filled the hole with epoxy I did first neat to seep into any cracking and then thickened. The one I thought was ok, kept taking epoxy like a bottomless hole (well not really, but I used more than in the other). I expect someday I'll find a small blob of hardened epoxy down there somewhere.
I got my tubing and Moeller flaring tool online, but I imagine they have them all over the place back east.

http://s261.photobucket.com/albums/i...pper%20Repair/