I recently purchased a podded 20’ hourston, the pod was bolted to the transom without filling the hole where the old inboard leg went through. So the first thing I did was Install an Epoxied marine plywood plug. There was a 3/4” drain hole that went into the pod that is now gone. Should I drill another hole? Or just rely on the bilge pump to clear the water from the old engine compartment? My concern is that the pump won’t get it all out, and that there will always be 3/4” of water down there. What have you guys been doing about that? I am building the deck hatches out of epoxy coated marine ply that will be painted with kiwi grip, to match the rest of the deck. When I bought the boat, the hatch covers were aluminum, but they rattled and had edges the were easy the stub you toes on. The plywood ones will be mounted flush with the deck, not surface mounted