My ss plate is 6″ wide (and 12″ long). It fits well enough and doesn’t seem to move, but it could easily be 2″ wider. Of course, I have no idea if all 424 deep bilge bottoms are alike. Mine appears to be as originally built.

Tor
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Silver Heels, P-424 #17
http://www.SilverHeels.us
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PS: Mine sits at the far forward end of the deep bilge.

Tor
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Silver Heels, P-424 #17
http://www.SilverHeels.us
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My bilge pump (3700) (and two float switches- a convenient place to store the spare)) sits on a firm plastic sheet ( like a modern breadboard) about 1/4 thick and about 8*12 inches. What is slick is a vertically mounted piece of 2 inch pvc pipe that rises up to just beneath the cabin sole. Mounted to it is a “high water alarm switch about a foot above the bilge and an electrical terminal block near the top where all the electrical connections are made.
A wooden block secures the top of the pole with a single bolt.

With this single bolt removed the entire bilge pump apparatus is easily lifted out of the bilge and set on the cabin sole for easy maintenance, replacement or repair. This removal also lets me climb down into the bilge to gain access to the shower bilge pump, the refrig system etc.

The vertical pole is secured to the plastic foot with ss screws and plumbing hardware.

The whole apparatus, when out, looks not unlike an upright Hoover vacuum cleaner

This system was installed by a prior owner or shop- its really convenient and ingenious.
I would send a pic but I am on the Chesapeake and Bel Canto is in Nova Scotia again.

Jon

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