Adding a Scupper to my Plastic Boat 

Fearlessly modding your toys. The very reason I subscribed. Bravo.

I'm so glad I'm not the only one who hates having to remove the plastic from the hole saw! I save the plastic, in case I need to use it for repairs.

Good video Marty. Still the King of DIY!

I love your videos. Always so peaceful and relaxing.

Thanks for the great idea. Wish I did something like that years ago. I will be doing this to mine real soon. Keep the great videos coming !

Nice video Marty . Wishing you the best on your new business.

well hopefully Pelican Boats watch your videos, so they can see this issue. and maybe they will add that to all of the newer Bass Raiders.

You're awesome bro. You push through 'boundries' 👍🙌

You can make your Scupper self bailing by putting a reverse scoop on it (underneath) To describe it... imagine if you were to cut off the bottom of a toy plastic boat and then cut the stern off of that and then glue it around the Scupper hole bow forward. As water flows by it will create suction and any water that's in the boat will actually get sucked out. I had that type of drain on my 66 lone star aluminum boat and if you forgot to put in the drain plug. You simply start the boat and take off and all the water got sucked out the bottom and you then put the plug back in. I learned that half way across the lake when I stopped and water came rushing in... I took off back to the dock and it was empty less than half way back. I put the plug in while moving and headed back out to the lake. Someone in the 60's was a smart SOB!

your videos are very helpful. I appreciate the commentary.

Very nicely done truly enjoy these diy parts to the channel.

Nice video and I watch all the way from Australia

This is the difference between the one piece Bass Hunter and everyone else. You can't beat one solid piece construction.

Marty i have the same boat and when the water fills to the height of where the power wires go through the hull this is where the water gets in the inside hull . I have thought about doing something like that but i couldn`t stand to cut that big of hole in mine so my next alternative was to put a Bilge pump with a automatic float switch but also my boat doesn`t sit in the water everyday . Thanks Marty for putting my mind at ease about drilling a big hole.

Good test and great idea to try out. I hope that Pelican is watching some of our videos to make these improvements to new models in the future. I have been out in my Raider almost everyday and its so fun to see what you can do on these little boats.

Great video! Watching you and this bass raider makes me want one so bad for the pond fishing that I do.

You are a brave man Marty.. good job

One of the best . Thanks Zoff ...

Nice! Can't wait to visit!

Great Video.... Love the idea. I will definitely do this to mine. Keep up the good work.

Nice video Marty ! You always seem to have a good idea 💡 when it comes to DIY ! Big risk great reward. No more rain 🌧 holding in the boat!

Hey that is pretty ingenious! I was thinking about it for a while and thought of a little bit more of a modification. If you could install a check valve and add a 90° fitting to the bottom it would actually suck the water out when you are underway and not let water flow in when stationary. I love how you do modifications on things.

I have owned my Pelican Bassraider 10e for 2 years and have never had such a problem. Got mine set up with a casting deck up front, a foot controlled bow mount trolling motor, an adjustable swivel deck seat, quick deploy anchor/winch set up, and many other extras. Pelican should not change a single thing about this boat.

Me and all the other hardcore Zoffinger fans pick up our tablet or phone after getting home and see this notification and immediately have an aneurysm. Great video Marty, great diy to!!!!!🚤🚤🚤

Nice Idea. Enjoyed the video. I normally just put my Raider up on it's side to store it. But good to see what others are doing. Fish on!

The humor in this video is just my favorite.

Hi Marty, long time subscriber and fan. Here’s a video I found that might work next time you install a scupper. It’s a self draining self sealing diy scupper. Keep up the good videos, love watching them.

Very smart Marty! I store my bass raider upside down. And when it's in the truck ready to go out in the morning and it fills up with water from sitting out all night I take a long rubber hose and syphon it out and let gravity do the work

How is it that you being such a smart and modest guy with so much good content in your videos only has 140K subs? Been following you for a minute now and just love your channel. Keep following your dreams and don't change your content. I live in Pompano Beach, Fla, but someday I'd like to visit Zoffingers

Awesome Marty ! Good Diy Video ! Really like the new place man . Hopefully I will get by there to show you how to use the lures I sent ! Happy trails ,,,,,,, Tight lines ! The Brotha from a different Mutha !!!!!!

Classic Zoffinger. This is why I sub!

Worked well. Marty I'm ready for a kon-Tiki trip with the pups ,but we all can't have everything lol .Hope you and the pups are well take care.

I catch so many bass in this little Bass Raider boat in the canals of South Florida.

Thanks. My pelican odysee 10x needs a scupper for the storage bay. I love pelicans because you can buy them used ,super cheap, and then diy modify them like crazy. Theyre the "model T" of kayaks.

Marty love these video's

two paths diverge in the woods....me : i took the one less traveled by....and that has made all the difference. welcome to our club my friend.

Way to throw caution to the wind... I remember my guts turning when I drilled ports for my electronics... ATAK 140 lights up nice... keep rocking the DYI! Thanks

I had an older bass raider 10e and it came with the through hull scupper. I find it wierd they stopped putting them in them. But hey you fixed your problem in true Marty fashion I like it

Love your vid

It’s always scary drilling holes in the boat! Lol

Very good mod mate

Very interesting 🤙

3:08 omg that just made my day

The Happy Gilmore reference @ 4:57 😂😂

very informative

I WAS JUST THINKING ABOUT THAT YESTERDAY!! And here is a brand new video about it... *plays x-files theme*

Cool Marty

I work on hot tubs. We use a plastic welder in some applications. The product we use is devcon. Works really well to bond plastic pic.

Could of sworn you said "Standard size butt-plug" hahaha!!Great content as always

Maybe to keep even the smallest bit of water from coming in while you’re driving and sitting in it put a plug in the hole and when you are done with it pulled the plug out so the water can drain

nice job

Bawahaha! A "That's what she said" and a "Not Today". Thanks for the laugh, Marty.

I got a cheap wood burning kit from harbor freight. works perfect for your plastic welding jobs. more direct. I used mine to plastic weld a part in my truck.

Time to purchase a plastic welder Marty!!

A bulkhead with rubber gasket on both sides may have done well since the surface was so flat. Would look "clean" at least on to top side. Definitely needed anyway you went about it. Pelican should add to future boat.

3:10 lol That was a good fix. A tarp over it would have just filled up with water. My mooring cover is useless that way, unless I add some kind of tent frame to hold it up. Even my Hobie gets water in the hull, and it HAS scuppers. Condensation, and rain seeps in. The irritating thing about it is that the drain plug is on the back end instead of the front, so you can't put it on end to drain because the rudder is in the way. Maybe I'll drill a hole in the front...

That's what she said.... 🤣😅😂 I see. Good one. 🤙🏿🤙🏿🤙🏿🤙🏿

Harbor freight sells a plastic welding kit that works awsome.2 styles one hot air and one soldering iron style.they also sell the rods to weld with

Hey Marty first I wanna say Thanks for your videos they're really cool! Second in this "Scupper hole" video I noticed in the back ground on the dock there are a couple round looking things with chairs on them. What are they and do you have videos about them? If not Can you do a video about them? Thanks and keep doin you! Z-Man from P-Town

When you put the batteries in the back and it started filling with water I was hoping you'd fire the motor up because I think if you were moving it would have sucked the water back out but I could be wrong. I know on the back of a lot of boats, example aluminum jon boats have plugs that you can access from inside the boat while you're actually moving and if you fill your boat up with rainwater for example you simply run the motor with the plug out and it will suck the water right out of it. Now I realize those are in the back of the boat which is better for suction but I think there would be still suction on the bottom of the boat possibly somewhat dependent on the angle of the boat.

Very good idea~! You'll get the profit if tell that to the Plastic Boat Company. I will keep my fingers crossed for you.

Looks pretty sharp Marty... Good work for DIY project... Make sure you silicone water seal the bond around the inside layer for extra protection... Salt Water / Nature Intrusion is very unforgiving as you well know...🌊💦💧

Have a set on Kayak and I have about ten oles like that built in when I bought it. I never run plugs.

I wish that Walter would have understood this concept of the weight in the back of the boat. I told you how he sunk the jon boat, first time out.

You could put an bottom half duck bill peice to weld on the bottom too.

got to get one of them Sawhorses ??? nice job Like it .

Very cool! Did you test by filling with water from a hose to see if it drains (on land and in the water)? In our old Boston Whaler, we could have six inches of water ("Hey, who forgot to put the plug in?!") in the boat and as soon as we fired up and started forward it would drain fairly quickly. Greetings from NYC!

I wish you’d trick out the Raider like you did your first kayak and do videos of the process.

Use a soldering iron with a flat tip to plastic weld, much easier to control where the heat will be and eliminates the need for the screwdriver.

Threaded thru hull adaptor. 2 gaskets and one plastic nut.

In Canada we use scupper holes in boats for ice fishing. We don't waste holes in boats. Just need bigger scuppers for bigger fish

Well what was a question to me is now answered. I'm big guy and I wanted well want one of them boat. Being disabled can't take bog boats out anymore. I lovey Jon boat but don't like the middle seat rather have walk thru. Being my knees are bad bad. So I want to roundabout bad love the way there made roll to the water lol. But way out my budget. A kayak can't use due to my knees and back and I'm big guy. So wanted boat like that. But being big guy 365 or so didn't no if I could use one. Well yeah that went way down but if I add my gear to the front that will help. But I'm not useing motor be trolen motor on the front or back maybe I can sit in the middle and will work even better. Just want small boat easy to load unload and pull if have to pull on shore. So thanks for the plug idea and adding so much weight. Awesome vidoe. Now to find one I can afford but man really love to have a roundabout boat be a dream come true. Have a good weekend sir. God bless

Nice life jacket

Thanks

Its nice to not have a gas tank taking up room in the boat. that's a sweet set up

Awesome idea but a bluck head fitting with a plug woulf work too :)

Kayakers, especially with a Hobie Pro Angler are well familiar with scupper plugs.

Have you tried heating the screwdriver rather than aiming the torch at what you are working on , it has worked well for me in the past , i have also had two on the go , one heating while i use the other , basically you have a constant flow . hope you don't mind me mentioning that , great vid as always , Thanks , Baz :)

Looks like the transom is kinked??? Also by drilling the hole, doesn’t u run the risk of the floor n subfloor to flex? If so are u not concerned of the weld to crack upon the flexing?

This video was funny

Good idea. Just a little sloppy. You do everything with perfection, I was surprised. I have a paddle boat similar to your other one that I put a two car battery electric minkota on. I bottom painted it to leave it in the salt water. Put a fish finder and Bimini on it. Trouble is it fills up every rain. I have to hook up a temporary bilge pump to empty it. I am looking for another solution. Wish I could send photos. Many people ask me to make them one, but it's a labor of love ❤.....

My cousin has this very same boat and he has to store it upside down but he made a trail with 4x4 post to keep it off the ground

I put swim noodles in mine the way I did it was to cut up the noodles and push them into the hull though the holes for my rod holders

I want a tight fit……that’s what she said 😂🤣🤪😅 best part of the vid!

When you put a trolling motor box hold down brackets. Did you use the screws that came in box and rtv under brackets to eliminate water entering. Or did you use longer screws? I believe there's a plywood reinforcement that longer screws will screw into. Love your videos. Would love to come down and visit you soon.

love the videos i just got one of these boats for Christmas and i wanted to add bro craft launch wheels to it i thought i could add a piece of plywood on back of transom to reinforce it but worry that i dont know exactly where the plywood transom is in the boat and dont want to miss it and damage my transom any thoughts as to its size or postion thanks loved the 3 engine build tim

Hopefully those batteries weren’t charged 😬. Excellent video though as always Marty!

Dude!! Big saw for a itty-bitty plastic pipe cut!! Instead of flat head screw driver try a small putty knife. Simple sanding would clean up the "messy" look of lumpy plastic... One last thought. Why do kayaks come with supper plugs???

I have a pond prowler and it has a drain in the back and I don't even have a plug. It drains out good

I'm surprised that boat isn't foam filled from the factory. You could probably drill a few holes and fill it with A/B foam to prevent it from filling up to begin with. Another thought you might wanna look into plastic welding solvents like the SCIGRIP line. No heat required. Takes some practice but it's amazing stuff.

The boat is light. Store it upside down until you need it then roll it over and use it. People have been doing that typev of storage of boats for thousands of years instead of drilling holes in their boats.

You could have just drilled the hole that you did and then installed a Boat Drain Tube that is already made for exactly what your doing. Cost $5 plus a little clear silicone caulk. ZERO threat of fire damage .

As much as you need to plastic weld, surely some company that sells real plastic welders should hook you up. I generally use my wood burner with a flat bit on it....just a bit more controllable. LOL

Do some Pelicans of that model come with a scupper or drain hole in that spot? It looks like the plastic may be molded in that area to accept one. Either way, it's sure a great upgrade!

I'm liking this video purely for the transition shot at 4:53

Great idea. Instead of welding with heat, is there an adhesive or epoxy designed for plastic that would work? Just an idea.

On your bass raider... I noticed u have a Coleman motor . What is the HP rating of that motor? Do you notice transom flex when you open it up? If you had reduce that flex how would you go about doing it??

I was looking at a bass raider but being 308 pounds do you think id have to sit up front with a long motor arm extension? anyway love your DIY way to solve problems im currently looking into building pontoons for my kayak out of HDPE Bollard covers

easy solution to your problem would to go to wal mart and buy a heat gun its like a really hot hair dryer they sell in hardware and it will heat the plastic without burning it like a torch i like the scupper idea though

Put a nurf ball in the hole while in use and pull it when not in use