Help? how high should i make the floor so it will be self bailing

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Originally Posted by 73steplift

I have a 73 steplift that was a dual console but soon to be a cc and rebuilding everything. I made it a full transom and will have an outboard on a bracket. How high do i need to make the floor so it will be self bailing? Thanks, Nick

Sounds like a big undertaking, but after what you've done maybe not...
First thing you need to do is determine the OUTSIDE waterline...and build the floor up a couple of inches or so above that...keep weight in mine and by raising the floor, you are diminishing the height of the gunwales from the inside...that's why Wellcraft retooled the cap and made it higher after upgrading the V20 to be self-bailing...

Note: the waterline of course will be higher on the hull and changed in angle once the bracket and outboard are mounted...