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There was a ball type scupper installed on our hull too when we bought it. Took it off for a few reasons, it didn't seem to work all that well so I didn't really trust it, there were 3 or 4 screws holding it on (potential water intrusion points), and it hid the drain tube from visible inspection, which was shown to need replacement once the scupper was off. A drain plug in the transom and a bilge pump in the locker seems to work fine.

The low cut transom is a pro/con. You can clear the deck easily as Garris describes, but if the transom was higher, it probably wouldn't get flooded in the first place and need to be cleared. I'd seen this video before but came across it again the other day. Not sure why anyone would intentionally do this like he does, but it illustrates the low cut transom issue:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qm6Ku...m6KuBwykJY