79 MA restoration... here we go

[Seacraft84]

Me personally, I would fill it in and let what water gets in there drain into the bilge. Next year, on my '77 MA, I am going to do away with the front hatch and make my floor flush from front to back. I may make some sort of coffin to go in front of the console or just use a big cooler I can take in and out when I go fishing, and just extend my anchor locker to the floor so it will have more room. Like I said in another post if I were to keep the hatch I would at least cut the bottom of it out and extend it to the bottom of the boat, then the drain would be obsolete anyway.
Just some thoughts