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If your seeing anything like this Then you are starting to shows signs of a problem. The bandaids that you mentioned might buy you some time but most Grady's of that model and age need the same thing......... a new transom

Ants right about the primer, without the right primer in place regular bottom paint will just blow right off.

The cables that are in the boat now should have numbers on them indicating length. Assuming your not on a bracket? Try not to go with anything longer than what you need, don't want loose coils floppin' around. Pretty sure when I did mine they were 17 or 18'. You can get a measurement by...

Might wanna touch base with gw204, believe he's been there and done that.

I used attwoods and they are fine. http://s571.photobucket.com/albums/ss154/cdwood52/ can be used for pics of access hatch ahd thru hulls.http://www.attwoodmarine.com/store/prod ... s-Threaded. SS ONLY. Measure your hoses and fittings just to be sure. The garboard drain is different than any of...

Got mine from perko or attwood can't remember but they were good stainless.

richie, what I think he's planning on doing is getting the first layer of plywood in place and letting that cure fully because of his time constraints, probably no glass in between. Are you saying that you do not get a chemical bond if a layer has cured before the next layer is applied? sfc...

A week between layers should give you plenty of cure time even in the cooler temps. One thing I used to do was to store my West products indoors overnite so they would be ready to go asap. We talked about building up that inner skin. Where you are right now looks exactly like mine did not too...

Snow weight pushing the scuppers below waterline would be a concern. Obviously need to keep surrounding water from freezing and so on. Not that it can't be done but comes with a whole new set of precautions. Best to talk to the locals who do this regularly.

I've re-done damn near everything, most of which is posted hear. Do you know how to use the search function? Those drains can be deceiving, thought mine were ok too until they broke. If they are original I would strongly recommend replacing with stainless.

Don't know off hand actual dimensions but your numbers seem like more than enough. Check those numbers against the space on the boat. Do you still have the plastic thru hull drains for the fish boxes?

My local supplier but you can get it anywhere.

With this hatch on the side I was able to do the starboard thruhull drain for the fishbox as well.

The Bennetts have a bleeding procedure. If you do no not have documentation on that it's available on line.

Brian, that on the Formula?

Do you know what is being done to address the drain tubes issue? Bronze tubes are not the answer if your looking for longevity.

Paul, just write it off as part of the cost of the project, but when your done you still have an awesome tool. Besides your saving tons by doing this yourself.

When I did my transom what I did was epoxy pvc tubes in those locations. Done right you never haver to worry about them again. pvc can be epoxied, you just need to sand down the outside surface to make it porous.

kudo's on the Makita. got the 41/2 in. before I started any of my projects. Kicked a$$ and still going strong. I'd offer to lend it to you but your gonna need it for a while. something like this you really should have your own!!!

That caulking is only good for so long and yes that is a problem. But so are the bronze drain tubes that corrode away after a few years, these often go overlooked, especially the garboard drain.