Excellent work there Captpete! Looks like you've got everything under control. The only thing I would consider is as others said and drill maybe 3/8-1/2in. holes in that drain pipe next to your keel. I often wonder how the water gets in, but it ALWAYS seem to find a way into your bilge. I keep a really nice boat cover on my V and keep it under the front of an old store next door out of the weather. The other day I went out to winterize it, raised the bow up and found about 5 gallons of water in the bilge. I guess it blew up under the shed roof and seeped through the cover somehow. Water can splash into the rod holders, bilge vents and deck hatches and always seem to find a way in. When I rebuilt my V, I could see where water got in and sat in the bilge causing rot and damage that I replaced.
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