relocating scuppers

[MIKETTURBO]

hi guys,I remember seeing someone move floor scuppers to through rear wall.the The new scuppers have a flat edge,so as to lay close to the floor when mounted horizontally.Then the floor holes get glassed over.anybody else see this done?

[bradford]

Reel's boat has them like that.

[Destroyer]

Originally Posted by bradford

Reel's boat has them like that.

Speaking of him, has anyone seen Reel lately? Is everything ok with him? Anyone know?

[randlemanboater]

I have a pair of those hanging on the wall in the shop waiting to be installed.

It seems like it will fix the problem but never remember hearing Reel say one way or the other.

[randlemanboater]

[jhamz71]

Would like to see some pictures if anyone has done this.

[frazier]

just bought one of these V20 boats , its a cuddy cabin with an omc out drive which i will convert to an out board on a bracket , but what a stupid designe for the scuppers they just drain into the bilge! i dont even think the floor is high enough above the water line to run them overboard. Do these boats have enough foam flotation in them to keep from sinking or are they a death trap waiting to sink out from under you in a storm! I see two options with this thing , one is to build a huge sump where the engine used to be and install two large bilge pumps and drain the scuppers into there or raise the floor 5 or 6 inches and do a proper pair of scuppers out the stern. What do you guys think?

[phatdaddy]

what year hull?

i think they raised the deck in the early to mid 80's
depending what motor/bracket combo you use will determine where the deck would need to be to drain overboard.
as far as foam, mine is an 83 and the only foam in it was around the gas tank. some others have foam under the whole deck. i/o's might be different than ob

[frazier]

the hull is a 1982 , all it has is one small bilge pump under the engine with only a half inch hose going overboard

[Destroyer]

Originally Posted by frazier

just bought one of these V20 boats , its a cuddy cabin with an omc out drive which i will convert to an out board on a bracket , but what a stupid designe for the scuppers they just drain into the bilge! i dont even think the floor is high enough above the water line to run them overboard. Do these boats have enough foam flotation in them to keep from sinking or are they a death trap waiting to sink out from under you in a storm! I see two options with this thing , one is to build a huge sump where the engine used to be and install two large bilge pumps and drain the scuppers into there or raise the floor 5 or 6 inches and do a proper pair of scuppers out the stern. What do you guys think?

Relax. The foam that is in these boats meets USCG specs for level flotation, meaning that in the (un)likely event of a sinking it will still float without capsizing. These boats will handle more rough water than just about any other boat in their size range. There's a reason it's the longest running hull design ever produced.

Yes, there are some known issues with the boat, but sinking isn't one of them. The oversized Carolina flare of the bow keeps out most water. In fact, these are exceptionally dry riding hulls. And yes, you will hear from time to time of waves coming over the bow and windshield and drenching everyone, but that's the exception, not the rule. In fact, MJ, the owner of this site, had that happen to him... and no, his boat didn't sink.
As to the bilge pump, most of us here have converted our boats to twin pumps, one in the stern and one in the front. and again, most of us run 1000GPH or bigger pumps. Several of us (myself included), run a 1000 in the front and a 2000 in the stern. If the draining into the bilge bothers you, it's an easy enough job to convert them to drain overboard. Lots of us have done that also.

Summing up, relax, time and time again these boats will get you home when others go down
You're in one of the safest hulls for it's size that's ever been built.

Welcome to the site.