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Alan- My son reminded me that the inside lag bolts (next to the access plate) were in 1/4" fiberglass, but the ones next to the starboard and port sides were in solid (assume balsa) which were routed out and epoxied, then re-drilled and lag bolted. The cockpit floor runs to the bottom in the...

Hi Allen, On our 07 Venture 23 (One of the last they built), It is open under the aft deck up to the cabin. We suspect it is also open under the cabin floor (sole). Our lag bolts just went through about 1/4" of glass and epoxy. I can put my hand through the inspection ports (ours has the spar...

Hi Allen, On our 07 Venture 23 (One of the last they built), It is open under the aft deck up to the cabin. We suspect it is also open under the cabin floor (sole). Our lag bolts just went through about 1/4" of glass and epoxy. I can put my hand through the inspection ports (ours has the spar...

Alan, We used a flashlight, and then to verify (we couldn't believe it!), we stuck a piece of paper down to see if it got wet--it did. We got our inspection plates at West Marine. I have noted that Toland's new boat shows a forward inspection plate during construction (Feb.) following our...

Princess Louisa Sound above Vancouver, British Columbia.

Go to the Sound Venture Album to see the picture of the two inspection plates in the aft cockpit between the fuel tanks. Tim and Dave http://www.c-brats.com/modules.php?set_ ... _photo.php

Dave Kinghorn

Sound Venture-72dpi

My son told me we did not have to rout out and fill between layers with epoxy as it was about a 1/4 inch thick of fiberglass and no balsa core. We should have a picture in our album in a few days showing the location of the two inspection plates between the fuel tanks in the aft cockpit. Tim...

To dry out the area under the cockpit floor, we inserted a vacuum cleaner hose into the inspection hole we had cut between the aft tanks and pushed it forward toward the cabin door 3-4 feet. We then hooked this to the exhaust end of a large shopvac. It took about 16 hours to dry out the area...

David, My son and I are still checking out possible sources of water intrusion. But based on conversations with other Venture owners, it appears, as with c-dorys, that the chain locker is a likely source. Inside, it is not completely sealed. As the new Marinaut by Toland is being...

Go to milltechmarine.com. In the 3rd paragraph (how is AIS displayed) click on AIS Live. This will bring up AIS in Real time for the Seattle area. You can manipulate the configuration of the display as you would on your own display.

What a nice bunch of folks. Thank you for helpful suggestions. I would post pictures, but (1) the boat is in Washington at my son's (Tim), and I live near Sacramento. (2) I'm new to the site and have to learn how to use the various options. There is a support spar about 2" wide by 2 1/2"...

When we lifted the aft gas tanks to place spacers under the tanks (to prevent corrosion), we looked down the holes where the lag bolts penetrated the upper floor and found water in the enclosed space (no flotation). We cut two access holes between the tanks and pumped out the water (it was...