water in rear hatch

[Logan Martin Cat]

BCB or any one with Sabre. I was in rain the other day and also washed the 07 Sabre FTD. Didnt think much about it at the time, when I raised the rear hatch lid it occurd to me there is no lip and seal to keep water out. My small tool box and battery trays were full of water, all wires and breakers were wet. Question, is there a kit to raise a lip and a good location to drill a small hole for a tube to drain water directly into bilge rather than just leaking on everything in the hatch.tks Mackey

[Bass Cat Boats]

That is the sump area where everything is made to drain to. The moisture continually back there does tend to prematurely degrade the circuit breakers, though from following this board you will find only occasional issues with this.The tools in there will get wet. If you build a lip on the area, and drain it directly into the sump, then you may find moisture (water) develop in your rear storages as that water drains off the storage into the sump here.BCB

[Bass Cat Boats]

I understand the sump area is where water drains to be pumped out. Just regular moisture I can controll with a fan. What I am trying to do is route rain water and wash water into the bilge/sump with out getting wires and everything in battery hatch wet. Why would a lip with less height than the lip and rubber seal installed at the factory cause water to enter the rear dry carpeted hatches. A small lip to keep water on the deck and out of hatch opening and a couple of small holes in deck with a tube attached should drain water into bilge. My main concern is, the small holes drilled through the deck cap under the hatch lid. Would they cause any problems with strength of deck etc. Tks Mackey

[Bass Cat Boats]

If you are going to do this, route the water with a piece of aluminum angle siliconed to the deck outside the lip trim. Then stop it short directly above the center sump. So you will only do a u shape around each side with the top of those two (2) Us separated by a width narrower than the sump. Then figure out a way to funnel that water into that sump area from the edges of that aluminum.Water does funny things, that is why it could develop an issue in your storages, as they are all on the same flat plane for those lids. 36 years of building thousands of boats, and this is the first time someone has tried to keep the battery area dry. And that includes using the rear in a similar format since 1974. Not criticizing your wishes, just trying to help you figure out how to do what you want. Building an aluminum angle lip under that lid will help.BCB

[Bass Cat Boats]

Hey, Im not criticizing the boat only trying to improve it. This is my first BCB and I am very pleased with the boat and all you do to help us owners. Its just that my previous boats all had dry rear hatchs, and I use it for storage of tools, spare parts etc. Ran another brand since 1976, but will stick with BCB as I feel it is much better boat. Im proud to say I own a BASSCAT . Im trying to correct my ONE AND ONLY COMPLAINT on this boat.I think I may have an idea using split PVC to form a gutter (like rain gutters on your house) to capture the water as it drains off the deck and then tube it into sump. This would not require drilling any holes or building a lip. Will keep you posted.MackeyMackey, We did not take it as criticizing, we just wanted you to know yours is the only request we have had for such a modification. Back a few years ago some folks purchased drop in trays which fit various models from the McMaster & Carr catalog. (Similar to Grainger only many more items) Once they put the trays in there they worked fine, though the humidity there allowed their tools to rust in those boxes. The excess moisture in that sump area alone is high. We just wanted you to know yours was an individualized request, which you know already. Good thought on the PVC! It will be a bit intensive on the labor, though may work for you. Think about that and combining the aluminum to just lip it and channel it into that PVC area. BCB

[Bass Cat Boats]

Updated and edited in to post above. BCB

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