I am familiar with the older tiderunners, they are quite a bit different . My defiance does not have drainplugs for the scuppers and is not made to. It has regular open drains like you see on other self bailing boats. I don't think the difference in the drain to the outlet height is as much either. But I haven't checked. I have a meeting with the owner of Palmer boats in about a week. We will see how they take care of the situation. As long as they fix it properly so the boat bails or refund my $. I'll be happy. Thanks for the replies.

Sark