Installing a water port in a tracker's hull

Started by Kal-Kevin, November 19, 2011, 03:25:32 AM

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Kal-Kevin

     I was thinking of installing a water port in the side or bottom of my tracker and wanted your thoughts on it. Right now my boat is an old tracker that used a level fill water live well system with airraters, and was thinking of turning it over to a pump system.
     What I was thinking of doing during the winter is buying one of those fittings that seal to the hull after you drill a hole in the hull, then putting a hose on that fitting. Hook the hose to a water pump, then run two hose from the pump up to the two live wells. Now instead of just pumping air in to the live wells I put in fresh water! The level pipes now in the boat would not let the water fill the live wells to the point of over filling.
     Now to my question to you all:
1. do those fittings work and will it leak?
2. do you think this will be a better live well system for the fish?
3. where do you think would be the best place to put the fitting?
    a. on the transom
    b. on the bottom of the hull   
    c. on the side just below water line

Thanks for any help or ideas you may come up with
Kal

bass1cpr

   Kal-kevin I recently bought a livewell plumbing kit on e-bay there is another one listed with three days left on the auction. rrrriiinngg is the seller it's listed under electronics & navigation. I had to go thru boat parts and accessories then another menu that had electronics and navigation. It's a complete kit with fitting and hoses and screens everything you need to build a livewell system. Bids start at 39.99 I paid 41.99 plus 13.00 something shipping. Shipping on the new one is down to 12 something. Total for me was $55.00. IT's a good kit with about a $300.00 dollar value all fittings are double o-ringed with quick disconnect connectors. I bought it because I'm going to redo mine and have the recirculate and pumpout features. Might be something worth looking into for you. Just a thought.
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Kal-Kevin

Thanks bass1cpr I'll check that out it sounds just like what I need!  ~c~