where exactly should i drill Virage sponson drain plug holes??
Posted: Jul 17, 2016 2:46 pm
Hi everyone, finally signed up here after reading tons of threads ad articles and checking out pictures for when I finally found my dream boat, the Hydrostream Virage....
Well I FINALLY found one that I was able to pull off financially and drove from Friday right after work 1100miles got there sat around noon'ish, checked the boat and motor over and made a deal-- then had to change out trlr tires and grease bearings etc for the 1100miles back....48hrs almost to the minute we were pulling in our yard, thank God cause that was a lot of driving for sure in such a short time!
Anyways, I want to install drain plugs in the outer sponsons and take one of my long(maybe 2ft'ish long) drill bits and drill into any foam I find. This is just for the time being as I plan on gutting all foam and redoing the hull's structure this winter but I figure since ill be putting drains in anyways I might as well pop them in now and see if anything comes out and get an idea of how wet this thing is and maybe see if possibly its been redone already or at least the foam removed..
They are garland plugs with a flange quite a bit bigger then the brass plugs themselves so I was thinking of keeping the flange just inside the inner sponson edge and just above the bottom of thud sponson edge-- since there supposedly isn't core in the sponsons anyways im thinking the actual hole will be about half inch up and in from edges. ..
Does that sound about right? My plan is to probably do what Ron did with his "last" Virage and lay 1/4" balsa in sponsons with a cple bulkheads for good measure and to keep stuff from sliding back to transom end too but im not set in stone what ill actually wind up doing. ....
Anyways, Any input on if my placement of the sponson drain plugs sounds ok would be great!
Thank you in advance for your knowledge and input! - Shawn
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Well I FINALLY found one that I was able to pull off financially and drove from Friday right after work 1100miles got there sat around noon'ish, checked the boat and motor over and made a deal-- then had to change out trlr tires and grease bearings etc for the 1100miles back....48hrs almost to the minute we were pulling in our yard, thank God cause that was a lot of driving for sure in such a short time!
Anyways, I want to install drain plugs in the outer sponsons and take one of my long(maybe 2ft'ish long) drill bits and drill into any foam I find. This is just for the time being as I plan on gutting all foam and redoing the hull's structure this winter but I figure since ill be putting drains in anyways I might as well pop them in now and see if anything comes out and get an idea of how wet this thing is and maybe see if possibly its been redone already or at least the foam removed..
They are garland plugs with a flange quite a bit bigger then the brass plugs themselves so I was thinking of keeping the flange just inside the inner sponson edge and just above the bottom of thud sponson edge-- since there supposedly isn't core in the sponsons anyways im thinking the actual hole will be about half inch up and in from edges. ..
Does that sound about right? My plan is to probably do what Ron did with his "last" Virage and lay 1/4" balsa in sponsons with a cple bulkheads for good measure and to keep stuff from sliding back to transom end too but im not set in stone what ill actually wind up doing. ....
Anyways, Any input on if my placement of the sponson drain plugs sounds ok would be great!
Thank you in advance for your knowledge and input! - Shawn
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