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Old 06-06-2019, 10:28 AM   #21
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Let us know how it goes. You will need a hacksaw and some tough work gloves to cut the tiles. I put them on the bottom of all my outside lockers on my current boat so lots of cutting.
Ah, good advice. I have a small cordless circular saw and jig saw I could use. That or I may make some templates and bring them home to use a wider array of shop tools. I'll likely make templates anyway as free-handing the shapes wouldn't give the results I'd like.

Along those lines, when I had a mattress made they used a clear plastic sheet that had a pattern of grid/diagonal lines on it. What's that stuff called? I mean, I could use just a sheet of plastic drop-cloth, but that lines on the templating material would help better visualize lining things up. It's not Dura-Skrim, as that doesn't have the grid on it.
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Old 06-06-2019, 10:37 AM   #22
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I don't know how big the base of the locker is, but you could make a little "pallet" out of plastic (Starboard) for the chain to rest on ith lots of openeings for the water to drain.
You could use Starboard but depending on the size needed it'd get expensive. Any old PVC lumber could probably be used since this isn't an area where appearance is a factor. Laminate up a couple of strips of Azek or generic PVC lumber from a Home Despot. Use stainless screws, of course. Upside to using PVC lumber is the glue is cheap. Starboard can't be glued unless you use really expensive two-part stuff.

But 'several inches' above the bottom? Really? Or are there also smaller holes at the base and the top of the pipe is open for draining a lot more water? It would seem odd to have a design that deliberately put the drain level well above the bottom. As in, regular amounts of water trickle out through the smaller holes, but if you took a lot water over the bow and it got into the anchor locker, the larger hole would help drain it faster.

Pix would help clarify.
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Thanks...David just ordered a box of the Dry Deck.
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I’ve found that Dri Deck cuts best with a box cutter and makes no mess.
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I’ve found that Dri Deck cuts best with a box cutter and makes no mess.

Definitely less mess. I just have wimpy hands.
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It cuts very easy if you cut through the smaller pieces (connecting parts).
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It cuts very easy if you cut through the smaller pieces (connecting parts).

Thanks. I'll give that a try the next time. There are still a couple places I'd like to put some.
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I have used wire cutters to cut them. No slicing fingers that way.
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