Finally starting CC Restoration

[cfelton]

Welcome to the site! Great looking job! You'll be done before you know it, keep up the good work. Fiberglass work is not hard, just takes a little time. Love those 70s lines!!

[ssiredfish]

Lookin awesome man!!

Only comment I would make is that I had the floor Livewell in my CC and hated it! Splashed out when the door was open and closed. I ended up hangin new livewells on the transom(closed) and it worked wonderfully. There's a million different setups but I hated the in-deck one the most. Plus if you're like me you go through alot of bait. Who wants to be up and down off the floor all day????

[Curapa]

Yeah, I'm thinking of either cutting off the well on mine and just having some extra bilge access or insulating it better and making it into a cooler/storage. I will be going with the leaning post livewell. Since I am going the bracket route I want to get as much weight away from the transom anyways.

[Johnsonboat]

I hear you about kneeling to get bait.
Insulating is a great idea although most days I reach for a beer more than bait.
I'm also putting a leaning post and I can fit a livewell there and use the space under the deck for cooler that may work out good. That bulkhead I'm installing is going to seal that compartment. Then extending pvc pipe drain from fwd box to aft bilge. Then install a fitting to a mascerator to pump out the compartment.
Or- I could seal the compartment, keep the drain from fwd box and use mascerator to empty both, then put a plug or valve to close off fwd box when I don't want it to drain.
Thanks for your ideas and experiences.

[ssiredfish]

Originally Posted by Johnsonboat

I hear you about kneeling to get bait.
Insulating is a great idea although most days I reach for a beer more than bait.
I'm also putting a leaning post and I can fit a livewell there and use the space under the deck for cooler that may work out good. That bulkhead I'm installing is going to seal that compartment. Then extending pvc pipe drain from fwd box to aft bilge. Then install a fitting to a mascerator to pump out the compartment.
Or- I could seal the compartment, keep the drain from fwd box and use mascerator to empty both, then put a plug or valve to close off fwd box when I don't want it to drain.
Thanks for your ideas and experiences.

Just make sure that mascerator is easy to access. On another boat we've been through 3 in 5yrs. All different brands, never been able to find one that will last and hold up. Maybe its us but we've had terrible luck with em.
Here is my livewell solution. Cut the bottom outta the old one and kept the hatch. I keep all my pumps under there now.....Cant tell you how nice it is to have your own livewell in the corner. Keeps everyone from bum-rushin the center of the boat for bait......
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[Johnsonboat]

I have that same livewell. Going to put in boat and measure after I can dig it out of the snow in a dockbox in back yard. I saw a pump made by Whale at the Mesco show this fall that was all plastic and sealed. I'll let you know how it works. The metal body pumps seem to last 2 yrs max if there near saltwater.

[captpete13]

Wow man that's a clean hull. I used a gulper pump instead of a macerator for my fish box. It's going on 4 years old and pulls a better prime than the macerator pump did. Are you gonna do a t-top? I know you were talking about a 200 hpdi but did you ever consider an optimax? I just rigged a 150 on my dad's new v20 and I was very impressed with the power it had. We picked it up at Almar's for $8995 new in the box.