When I bought the 1990 Donzi Sweet Sixteen, we did a pretty serious restoration and you are right, found interesting stuff in out of the way places, e.g., a small anchor and rode, a life jacket, old fender, etc. I thought I knew all the tricks - THAT IS A GREAT IDEA! " just attach a crane to the bow eye and give it a good shake." My thoughts are with the folks at MBC in Ft Pierce and all the other Pathfinders in the potential path of the storm - be safe everyone. He is very good AND very expensive.Īlso, the area under the starboard side fold up seat doesn't drain well either, same issue, hole for drainage is too high. I could take it to my fiberglass guy but he would charge $400 and make it look like it was never there. Haven't had the chance yet.ġ) drill/rout the existing hole to a larger diameter so bottom of hole is flush with bottom of puddle.Ģ) Clean and dry the depression, flood with epoxy to the level of the hole and paint white. I had mentioned this to Ray in Warranty over at MBC. Tow the boat through a rain storm or give it a good wash down and water gets in there. By the way, nothing needs to be leaking for this to happen. The hole is cut through the stringer I guess, but is not low enough to drain the puddle. The direction to the bilge is up and note the drain hole to the bilge directly above the "A" in Apollo.
Here is the "valley" that you have noted on the starboard side under the aft hatch of the new boat, the 22 TRS. This is making me nuts.Here is what the bilge of my V 2000 looked like after 1000 hours. YES!! 2016 22TRS, same hull as yours, I guess. There's dip or valley (bow to stern direction) in the fiberglass under the pumps in the rear starboard hatch that always retains a pool of nasty, only water.