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I recently purchased a BW in the subject heading. Great little boat and in good shape but I've never owned one before and have a few questions:

1. the forward storage/anchor hold has a drain but fills with water when the boat sits level. Is the drain supposed to have some kind of one way rubber scupper flap to keep water from entering the boat? Maybe I need to buy a new rubber part.

2. The top transom edge has no molding, just a cut edge where the vertical and horizontal fiberglass layers meet. Should there be a molding for this area? If not, how is this joint protected? I sure don't want moisture getting into my transom.

Thanks for any help/answers you can provide.

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Tom -

Congratulations, and welcome.

1. The bow locker drain is typically left unplugged to allow any water to drain. Owners who wish to keep the locker dry will purchase a 1" drain plug and insert it from the inside.

https://shop.hamiltonmarine.com/produ...14310.html

Whatever the prior owner installed is not appropriate and should be removed. Remember to seal the holes with something similar to Marine Tex or a Gelcoat patch kit.

http://spectrumcolor.com/ProductDesc....amp;key=it

2. The transom edge are you refer to is called the "green line" and was not gel coated when the boat was fabricated. All early whalers have this.

Some use gel coat patch or color matched sealant to cover the seam, others leave as is.

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Thank Phil for the information and links, I actually had the same questions. My 2003 Dauntless 160 has a couple chips I'd like to fix and I also wondered the best way to keep water out of the anchor locker. I ordered some Spectrum White and will pick up a drain plug at West Marine.

Regarding scuppers, as you know, the Dauntless has two that drain the boat at the stern, being a 14 year old boat, those rubber flaps were slightly bent outward allowing water to trickle into the boat when it wasn't moving and we have a couple people sitting in the back seats. I got to thinking that reversing the rubber flaps so they bent inward and sealed the opening my cure that issue. I took the four screws out from each scupper, cleaned the rubber flaps, reversed them and put the scupper back together. It worked like a charm. No more wet feet in the back of the boat. The wife was very pleased and wondered where I got the idea. I told her I thought it up all by my self. She didn't believe me but that's ok, I know the truth.

Thanks again for the info. I really enjoy your insights!

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I learned the technique of flipping the flap from a Dauntless owner.

Some Dauntless owners who grow frustrated with the flaps change them out to ping pong ball type. They work pretty well.

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See the article we have by one of our members, BCPeteMax Here on scuppers.
http://www.whalercentral.com/articles...icle_id=73

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Thanks for the knowledge. If the green line is how it was manufactured, I'll probably just leave it alone. Unless others have found the need to seal it. Mine seems nicely sealed at this point, but since the boat is 33 years old I wonder if it will stay that way.