1973 23 project

[Oldboat]

Pics. Still more 1708 to be added to bulkhead

[Oldboat]

As far as tank area I have run a 1/2 coosa board on top of keel stringer the full length of stringers and put an additional one under the 85 inch’s of tank. This will give@ 1/2 step down to drain if water ever gets in there and also bulked up to 1 inch under the tank itself. There will be drain hole to rear the f tank past the small step down. Hope this helps u to understand my plan

[Oldboat]

Other thing that helped me was I made my tank lower and longer witch gives me 3 inch between new deck and tank so I run additional wire chase strait back. My brother in law did not do this and he had clearance issues for the deck. Plus a littler thinner on tank for the stringer boxes are not strait so no clearance issue, for me it was a good place to pay attention and tank fits perfect

[RoomToMove]

Thanks for the reply. Also plan on leaving 3 inch gap between deck and tank. Still thinking about the flow of water..

[Capt Chuck]

I would consider sleeving the drain line running the length of the bilge in PVC just in case you had to replace it in the future.

[Oldboat]

Capt Chuck makes a good point. When I took my step/fish box out there was a pocket of about 2 gallons of water that the foam was blocking from draining, it was nasty black water. The other thing I found is when the last tank was foam in foam got past tank board support and was blocking water from draininin properly along keel. I think at this point I’m going to just put a drain in out the bottom front of anchor box were door use to be since it will be above deck since I took step out . I am taking door out for anchor locker and moving it on top of deck as others have done. This will make it possible to when I rinse anchor locker to have water run out on deck no worry about issues down the road. I will create channel still in bow along keel so water will drain don’t won’t not xtra weight and lot water back in there. Will post pics when done

[Oldboat]

Heading to the keys for 2 weeks of work so did a few things this weekend. That is my 12 year old rabbit that stays under boat all day when I’m working

[Oldboat]

Bait well drain

[Surfnski]

What weight coosa are you building with? Bluewater 20 or 26 or a mix of both? I’m assuming you would have used 26 for the transom but was curious what you’re using for the other panels.

[Oldboat]

Coosa 26. The transom is 2 pieces of 1 1/2 bonded together .decks 1 inch