Mike,

I know this is an old thread, but maybe you can help me with a mystery.

My boat, has no deep sump. It has been glassed in.

I will post pictures of this, it has taken me a little bit to come to terms with this so please bear with me.

When I first realized that this was the case, I feared I was going to be spending time chipping concrete like Bill Hoover did on #350.

Careful examination of my waterline, and comparison with others on the site have lead me to believe that there is nothing down there to fear.

My bilge just does not get any deeper then it is under the aft floorboard (about midships). That is where my bilge pump sits, and seems to be the lowest point.

I can see the lead pigs that sit forward of this access, but none that would be aft of it.

I wonder if some DPO (Dear Prior Owner in this case) has made #226 more secure by glassing the pigs into the sump>?