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Message: <blockquote data-quote="thill" data-source="post: 523414" data-attributes="member: 4972">Good thinking, and yes, I've done that, along with 2 pieces of tubing in the corners that run down to the bilge.   It works well, but in my tin boats I generally carpet them, and they really don't let much rain get in.   Maybe a line of drips, and only if it really pours hard.  I put stuff that I want to keep perfectly dry under the rear hatch where it has a solid, overhanging lid.That dry hatch has the U-channel on 3 sides draining out the outside edge.   The hatch has a turned down front so you can't see the edges of the channlel, and it's perfectly dry beneath.</blockquote>