[RidgeRunner]

At one point I had every plug from my V. I hated to cut all of those holes in all of that fresh glass and paint. All the holes did render one interesting
conversation piece. The one piece I cut out of the console for the switch panel is about 3/8" thick in glass. I don't recall laying it on so thick? The fiberglass is thicker in that part of the console than in some hulls.
I like the idea of multiple PVC rigging tubes. I went with 4" and let it lay on top of the tank. It is pretty full.
I also did not like the way Wellcraft cut the top of the stringers to allow the passage of the rigging tube and fuel fill. The early boats have 4 stringers but do not have self bailing decks or under floor fuel tanks. The grid system of the latter models is sound IMO because they are so tall. The "mini bulkheads" add a lot of torsional strength and help to sturdy the hull sides and stringers. I asked around about the best design, the consensus seemed to think the grid system to be the way to go for overall strength. A lot of V-hulls from race boats to fast fishing rigs that are typically beat to death, have a similar grid system. (Superboat, Progression, Contender, SeeVee etc.)

Great work and fast Tartuffe. There is some dead space fore of the fuel tank bulkhead under the floor of your center console. It is a large enough space for a water tank plus some additional storage. I installed a 13 gallon plastic tank from Todd under there. If it ever ruptures I am SOL because there is no access without removing the liner. I put a false floor and an additional bulkhead there because I was thinking of relocating the batteries.