drain hole configurations?

[reelapeelin]

Originally Posted by Kracker Jack

Being a 74' hull I was told the floor is water level so unless I raised the floor I couldn't make it self bailing. So I installed the sump well and was gonna make it a hybrid type transom with a sump and a well type box built up. What I can do now is cover up the sump well with a piece of ply and glass it flush then cut out a circle for a 8 inch inspection plate and make kind of a dry storage in the rear. Then drill my holes for my ball scuppers and make it self bailing. The stern of this boat is lite weight and I don't think I will have a problem.

When wellcraft took this design from bilge-draining to self-draing floors, they raised the floor several inches and built the cap up several inches as well...you're saying you expect yours to be self-draining at only 3/4" above outside water level...plus the splashwell you're thinking about will only add weight in an area you don't want it...Smoke mentions having water drain into the sump to be bailed out by the bilge pump(s)...basically what I suggested early in this thread before there was mention of a splashwell...still makes sense to me...but a word of caution...WE are not there...YOU ARE...it's your boat and you know what you have in mind and conditions the boat will be used in...your craftsmanship is great...I wish I had HALF the skills you show...but the greatest workmanship won't forgive a poor design...