1977 20 ft Seafari to CC Restore

[doradohunter]

A few weeks back I purchased a 20ft Seafari to rebuild. It was in rough shape and someone went at it with a saw before I got it. Transom was ripped out, cabin cut out of the cap, rear cap cut out and trashed. So I gutted the rest and will be turning it into a CC with a flotation bracket and closed transom. I do have a few questions. First, I need to know the deck height for a self bailing setup. Do I need to raise it? As it is right now it doesn't seem that I need to raise it much if at all. I was thinking 1 inch. I will be building back all composite, coosa transom and nidacore deck so it will be lighten up significantly. Let me know what yall think.