Splashed the 72 Seafari - what I learned...

[McGillicuddy]

Hey Denny,
Thanks again... About the space between the stingers - is there a hole at the bottom of the inside stringer that drains into the bilge (like on the keelson)? I considered your battery location but my tilt/trim pump is mounted on the transom in that location and its really big... I'd like to get it off of the transom but for now it's going to stay put. A 2nd battery was in starboard locker next to the other but but when I got the new deep cycle AGM, I thought about weight distribution. I suppose that's why I chose to use the bait-well for storage and 2nd battery.

Also, I wasn't planning to use the bait-well for bait. I wanted the weight of the bait-well a little more fore. Currently it sits in front of the splash-well. I'm not really happy with that either, as it makes accessing the motor a pain if one has to do any off-shore prop changing or some other idiocy.

I notice you had put a new stainless thru-transom fitting on the bait-well. Does that serve you as a drain or is it your pump intake? I currently have a transom mount bait pump and it made me think why not use that hole for a pump and just plumb it up thru the floor to the bait tank, enabling me to move the bait tank even more forward, like somewhere over the gas tank.

Any thoughts on that? Thanks. -- Gillie