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So one of the many things the surveyor listed for me was the battery terminals need to be covered. Unfortunately the ones shown do not cover them properly. Part of the problem is that there are multiple cables/wires going to each terminal. What are you guys using to cover them?

Yes the water does freely go from fore to aft. We filled the aft bilge to test the float switch and the water went to the forward bilge. :) I have not had water in that box ever, but it was just interesting to me how Grady designed that.

Good drawing skills :). but it is incorrect. The box goes forward under the floor drains. Look at my picture above, with my finder in the drain, picture taken from in the box.. I have a video of the area if pictures are not good enough. The addition below, (red) shows where the box actually goes...

Nothing other than noting the water marks.

Ok so from the pictures below you can clearly see the floor drains do drain into that box, then in two of the corners of the box (one fore and one aft) you can see that they are not sealed. So while you could use it for storage, it is not dry storage. What ever I put there will be in a sealed...

Looking at it, it appears a forward corner and an aft corner of the box is tapered and not sealed. That must be how it drains to the bilge below it. I'll put some water in there today and see.

Actually they drain directly into the box, and not the bilge. I'll get more pictures and may video to show.

Correct, I have all the panels of down there as I've been working on the boat. It just seemed odd to be that the floor drains would drain into there instead of the actual bilge.

I'm not having an issue with water going in, my point is the two floor drains, if water got on the floor, would drain in to that compartment, instead of directly into the bilge..

Thanks I guess it was meant that way, but without the ac options, if they would have those rains go into the bilge, it would make a great storage spot. Here are some pictures for those that don't understand what I was asking about.

My answer, I don't know. The actual mid berth bilge is under this area so what looks like a good storage area isn't. The forward bilge is less than a foot from these drains...

So in the mid berth there is a removeable panel in the floor. There is a nice space there for storage, but it has signs of water getting in there. I was taking a closer look today and I notice the two floor drains in the cabin drain directly into this area, no hoses, nothing. Is this normal, and...

Thanks, already removed the handle to the seacock. Yeah during researching I did see some that said the Oil discharge placard was for boats with enclosed engines. I do not have a generator.

Thank you. Are there particular locations where they have to be placed?

The surveyor listed that my 282 required placards (oil Discharge Prohibited, Garbage Discharge, and Waste Discharge). Do you all have these on your boats? Is this something the coast guard looks for?

We pulled the non-working frig and have a lot of space there for a tool box.

That is a great tip!

Brings up a good question, how do you keep your tools from rusting? I plan to use an airtight container, that should work.

For sure!