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Transom side after filleting but before sanding or gelcoating.
Here I have fiberglassed over the depression. I started with neat resin, then leveled the center with thickened epoxy (colloidial silica), and then added concentric layers of 10 oz. cloth. I added some peel ply (release cloth) over the top to smooth it - that's the "windbreakery" looking stuff you can see. You can see the "real" drain over to the left in the photo.
After removing the peel ply but before fairing, etc.
A perfectly circular crack in the the center (athwartships) of the splashwell gelcoat turned out to be a "phantom" drain that had been drilled for but then simply filled and gelcoated over, presumably at the builder or dealers. Subsequent conversation supplied me with the info that the center location was typically used for twins (my boat has two engines, but not twins). This type of "repair" (just filler and gelcoat) is destined to crack, which it had. I ground it back in a taper to prepare for adding fiberglass cloth. Actually here I had taken away too much of the fiberglass (pink bits) and so ultimately I increased the diameter and improved the taper (leaving more glass to bond to), but I don't have a photo of that. This gives the idea, anyway.
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Transom side after filleting but before sanding or gelcoating.

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Transom side after filleting but before sanding or gelcoating.
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Brass splashwell drain tube removed. I used a hacksaw blade and cut three slits (through the tube lengthwise), then dented one edge in with a cold chisel and grabbed it with vise grips to pull it out (not hard since it was barely sealed).
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