Lucky me. It was cool enough to wear a suit working today. I was unable to complete the tiller arm as my drill bit was dull at the tip. Tomorrow I'll try again with a new drill bit.
I cut out the holes precut in the plywood. And water started coming through as there was no way for it to drain prior to this.
All the holes cut and ready for epoxy.
Test fitting the fiberglass tubes. I decided to cut the smaller ones shorter.
Tabbing it on will be a multi stage process. The lower 1.5" diameter tube is just a drain and will be connected to a hose with a ball valve at the main bilge to allow this aft part of the boat to drain and also allow it to be blocked off in case of a hull breach aft. The 3" tube is for the exhaust. The top three holes are for bilge pumps--two electric and one manual. Once these are tabbed in on both sides. I may wrap some tape around the all to stiffen up the whole assembly. It would be really bad if one broke off flush.
One or two more sessions should complete this tabbing and I can attach hoses and attach the upper bulkhead section.
