I'm in the middle of a project with the cuddy bilge pump on my 232. The Original cuddy bilge pump (under the cuddy step) went bad.
1 - I removed the pump to find it was screwed through a thin layer of fiberglass to a 3/4" thick piece of plywood attached to the bottom of the hull.
2- The screw holes looked dark and rotten so I started the process of cutting away the thin fiberglass layer over the wood.
3- I decided to remove the piece of wood with the intention of replacing it with plastic.
4- Possibly putting a thin layer of glass over the plastic.
5- Screw the new pump through the fiberglass and new plastic just as the old had been installed.


Is there any reason instead of the plan above, I couldn't marine epoxy the pump base right to the fiberglass hull bottom? Skipping the plastic and fiberglass work.

Update - Sat in the cuddy during the storms last night and am coming closer to finding where the water is coming from. looked under the cuddy floor and could see a small stream of water running down from as far forward as the cuddy floor went. Going to do some additional inspecting with the hose tomorrow.

Update - found the hole! As shown in the picture there is a small hole in the bottom of the anchor locker leaking down into the cuddy. I couldn't find it before because it was hiding under a bit of sand that allowed the water to slowly filter through. Once cleaned I could see the water flowing.


Any reason not to fill this with resin and seal it up for good? Only thing it there will be water in the bottom 1/2" of the anchor locker since its drain hole isn't at the exact bottom of the locker.

Hello from germny
I have also an Baja232 and work much on it. i see never,also not on other 232 a front bilge pump!!
There is only an tube from front bilge to the the room under the tank and then a tube from there to engine room!
in front cabin is only a plate 2 inch with holes on the foor. down under this is an 2-2,5 inch hole only!
I have make the an bigger cover on the floor hole with an 4 inch hole inside to get allway a arm in the front bilge!
Sometimes the tube in the ground from bilge is full with dust or same!Also same at my boat. There are some stuff from building the boat! I can now open all time the new hole with 1/4 turn from inside part of the new cover!
But biggest problem on all 232 ,i see was that the drain out hole from anchor case is to high to let all water out! Then is drains sometimes in the front cabin.
I make the bottom from achor-room a bit higher so alltime the water can go out at the drain hole!
If someone wants pics,i can send with email as it look i can not upload here.
Sorry for bad explain from me,but i dont know any right words!
Michael