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gddaven,
The area where I drilled the holes in my boat is just aft of the support bar and the two notches and about two inches out from the keel brace, one on each sider Remember the void is two sections. That will let you have access to the deepest part of the voids. Also remember that my boat is not like yours. Not much differance but some.
In your case it would be best to drill the holes in any area aft of the gas tank, if their is any of the area left with the tank in place. That way you would not have to remove the tank the next time you had to remove any water.
By the way your bilge area cleaned up nice and you seal job on the keel brace looks good. Nice work.
ILLOGICAL,
I was at the Triumph factory today and your question is what a rep and I talked about. He didn't see any problem with doing that as long as you keep the hole just a little off of the bottom of the boat. The areas where the through the hull fitting are installed is the bottom of the boat. Also remember that the pocket that the bilge pump is mounted holds about an inch or more of water all the time. I still thank that a removable plug installed on the top of the void areas will be the best.
Look guys, Not all Triumph boats have the problem of getting water in this area, in fact most don't. A lot of people have done modifications to their boat and caused even more problems for themselves. If I do something to my boat and mess things up I can't expect Triumph to straighten it out. They have been and are very good at handling problems with their product, so give them a chance first. Please don't cause problems for yourselves, think about what your doing and ask yourself if this needs to be done and is it really a problem.
I have seen people do things to their boats and cause a lot of problems and then blame it on Triumph. Then they want to get on the computer and tell everyone what a bad product we have and how they where done wrong. Thats just not right. So be cautious.
Ok, Ill get off the box now. Good Luck. Hope I have helped. Bob
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