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With the stringers behind me, I focused on all the other things that need to happen in the bilge so I can re-install the corner boxes and deck section. I made up some mounts for the fuel filters using some leftover 3/4 ply. I stacked 2 pieces together so the filters would stand off a ways from the transom skin. This will make it much easier to drain the bowls for water-in-fuel checks before each trip. I'll just show one side in order to save some space. I also added 4 more progressively larger layers of 1708 in the corners of the transom, bringing the total to 8 overlapping layers.
Next up were some mounts for trim tab pumps, washdown pumps, wire clamps and terminal blocks, etc. Originally, these items were screwed into thin glass panels or into the transom itself. I didn't like that so I glassed these in. I'll have plenty of spots to anchor things properly now.
And I built new bases for the oil tanks to sit on. These were built out of 1/2" ply and like all the other mounts, covered in 2 progressively larger layers of 1.5 oz mat.
And I also added mounts for the bilge
pumps and float switches. I went with a different design than what was
originally installed.
The corner boxes also received some wood panels. These will be used primarily for mounting terminal blocks and wiring connect points.
