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Originally posted by Phin

Zorro,
This issue actually took a whole lot of thought, and I went with the best possible setup I could make work. One option would have been to do separate conduits for the vent line and fill line. I decided against that because it would have actually made for even more difficulty to change out the fill hose in the future because it would be a smaller conduit to work with.

The single fuel lines conduit shown above is as high as it could go with drainage from front boxes staying as high as deck height as possible, i.e. not below the waterline. I would have liked it just a tad higher, but it isn't possible without having drainage from the fwd seating on the port side dip down below the waterline. (drain line is above the fuel conduit directly below the deck now) I wanted all my drains above the waterline except the console interior and bilge, so the fuel conduit had to go where it is. I couldn't figure out any different way to do it without going to a smaller I.D. conduit, and that would defeat the whole purpose of having a conduit IMO.

There won't be a fuel fill problem because the conduit has a slight downward, and backward, slope to it from under the gunnel to the stringer. The conduit is 3" I.D. so although the bottom of where it goes through the stringer is 1/2" lower than the top of the tank, the hose won't have that dip in it because the outboard end of the conduit is about 2" higher than where it goes through the stringer. To get the slope, the base of the outlet through the stringer had to go a little lower than the tank. I am planning on glassing inside the conduit a little to prevent buildup of anything. Probably not a big deal, but why not?





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Originally posted by Phin

short term work plan:

sand bilge bulkhead
mask fwd bilge area off
flood coat bilge bulkhead vertical
sand bilge bulkhead and stringer base corners' flood coat
coat bilge with Interprotect2000e epoxy
sand fwd fish box transition area
apply more flood coat to fwd fish box transition area
sand fwd fish box transition area flood coat
coat fwd fish box newly glassed areas with 2000e epoxy
apply second coat of epoxy to bilge
apply second coat of epoxy to fwd box newly glassed areas
drill cockpit fishbox bulkhead vertical bottom corners for plumbing runs
glass in thin polycarbonate tubes (8ft long fluorescent light bulb protectors @ $5 each) as plumbing conduits for hose lines run under cockpit fish boxes
design fish box drain corners
complete fish box interior structure glassing
sand flood coated fish box outboard interior verticals
flood coat all of fish box interior
tab in cockpit fish box interiors and foam between interiors and hull/stringers
sand cockpit fish box interiors' flood coats
over drill thru-hull fittings' holes for cockpit fish box drains
bevel edges, backfill with putty, redrill for fittings
cut out new stringer core to fit around fuel lines conduit under helm area
glass fuel lines conduit stringer area and opposite stringer up to console interior back wall
glass underside of deck between forepeak hatches
glass several layers reinforcement on underside of deck where T top legs mount (methacrylated FRP panels instead)
clean fuel cell area/prep for fuel tank
install fuel tank and foam
drill fuel pick up and ground bond wire hole in rear bulkhead
add putty to hole then redrill smaller and bevel edges on both sides
glass mid-tank deck support beam
install beam and fillet putty and glass to stringers
trim down foam and glass from tank to stringers
install fuel lines
grind donated splash well
grind underside of console base
run conduit from aft console base area to anchor locker
methacrylate console base to old deck underside
fill console-deck joint with putty
glass console-deck joint
grind high spots during partial cure
flood coat console-deck joint while still tacky
build console interior floor (design, mold, glass, flood coat, sand)

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Originally posted by palmettotrooper

Got busy with work and forgot to text you back. Come whenever you want to get the rest of your stuff. If we are not there, Ill leave you a key and drop cord

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