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Thanks for all the extremely useful information.

Phil: The transom drain disentegrated (I found this out after I bought it) so I'm holding out hope it will dry a little more before I seal it up for the test drive. I might make a temporary drain that will do the job for my testing and then take it out again and let the drying process continue.

The other drains look OK but I am going to replace them if the water tests go OK

Garris: Appreciate the offer on the scuppers but after reading this thread I'm going to leave both off and seal up the screw holes.

Thanks for telling me about the behavior of the Revenge. I probably would have thought something was wrong when water started to pour over the low cut transom. The former owner did tell me that his one complaint with the boat was it would get your feet wet when fishing in a trailing sea.

My fish locker has two drains one leading to the engine splash well and one going straight down through the hull. So your fish locker does not have a drain from the fish locker to the engine splash well? I guess mine was installed post-factory and maybe that makes sense as the plug for this drain is smaller than the standard 1". The drain leading from the fish locker to the engine well is about 3/4" - 1" above the lowest points of both wells.

I also have a drain leading from the gas tank compartment to the fish locker. Judging by the amount of silicon around the drain, this looks like a post-factory installation. This drain is probably about 1.5" below the deck and is not really noticable unless you practically stick your head in the fish locker and look towards the bow. I did see water pouring from this drain when I had the boat on an incline. Does your boat have this drain?

Dave: Thanks for the info. Sounds like we had the same setup. When you changed out your transom drain tube did you have a problem with a damp transom?

I'm going to use your suggestion of the bilge pump in the fish locker. I might set up a valve to circulate that locker/splashwell water overboard or just have it recirculate from the top to keep the fish/bait lively.

Any idea if there is wood underneath that fish locker to screw a bilge pump to or would you reccomend installing a submerible pump to the fish locker / splash well wall or installing a remote pump?

Thanks again all.

John