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Default solid transom or selfbailing???? which way should I go??

I have a 74 v20 cc should i convert it to a solid transom? I have a seadrive bracket to use if i wanted. or just keep it factory with the selfbailing transom? anyone have any ideas or pics of solid transom conversions? I dont want this boat to win a beauty contest I just want it to be a functional fishing machine. My dads v20 was selfbailing and my 23 seaox was selfbailing and on the hook our feet stayed wet on cut days. that to me would be the only positive but at the same time its not like im backing down on 600 pound blue ones either!!!!! Thanks in advance
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If you are redoing the transom anyway, I'd make it a full transom.
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If you are redoing the transom anyway, I'd make it a full transom.

Agreed...particularly if you're going to hang a bracket off it...
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Full transom is the preferred way to go BUT, make sure you do a self bailing set up, relying on bilge pumps is most definitely not the way to go for many reasons.
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Full transom is the preferred way to go BUT, make sure you do a self bailing set up, relying on bilge pumps is most definitely not the way to go for many reasons.

I agree...you can have a self-bailing deck and solid transom...the problem is your choice of hulls to start with...to achieve self-bailing, the entire floor-deck would have to be raised above the outside waterline...and then you have quite a low gunwale inside the cockpit...it that doesn't bother you, go for it!!...
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so the floor would be set up like my Albemarle, floor above water line with ball scuppers to drain deck water? I might just keep it set up the way it is now its gonna be a inshore boat in ideal water conditions. I prefer simple and functional.
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