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I never understood why Mako did this. This shot is taken on
the inside bottom of the anchor locker. The 2 tubes are 3in PVC. They stood
about an inch taller than the bottom of the anchor locker. They made a
"J" shape and stopped at the forward vertical panel of the step down.
They were the tubes to NO WHERE. Now they did do something. If the water got
high enough in the anchor locker [as in washing it out] then the water
would run down the tubes. Sad thing is, it went down the the foam flotation and
just stayed there. No way to get to the bilge. I have
trimmed the PVC off flush and ground the fiberglass all around that area.
Above is a panel that was made up to cover the ratty looking PVC tubes. Notice the thru-hull fitting. I made a recess for it to sit in so ALL the water will run out. I have it plumbed to go to the bilge now. This meant that I had to cut the vertical bulkhead in the stepwell and cut the whole bottom out of the stepwell.
On the LEFT, you can see all of the cutting done in order to do the plumbing. Your looking at the inside of the bottom of the hull. On the RIGHT, the plumbing is done and the Kledgecell core is in the bottom [no glass yet] Notice the thru-hull fitting installed for a drain in the stepwell. It is ganged together with the anchor locker drain. It all goes to the bilge. I'm pretty confident that water will not get into any of this except for washing it in the driveway with a hose.
The glass work has been done. Notice the drain on the right hand side of picture. You can barely see it as it has been glassed over it and not cut out yet. This was done keep trash out of it while building the rest of the boat. A die grinder will make small work out of the cutting out.
