Looks good. Did my bilge same color for same reason. We must be very intelligent....wait we're rebuilding old boats

Hey! My names Vincenzo, Im from Malverne NY. I have a 1981 196 osprey. It definitely needs a lot of work as the last owner left it sitting for about 15 years but I have no issues with giving it some love. I just bought a 2003 mercury 150 saltwater for it. its a carbureted 2 stroke. I'm looking forward to seeing all the cool stuff everyone else has!

I trimmed the transom core lip fairly even.
Yes it’s an unusual feature that wasn’t planned however it happened in capping the Seacast core. I could have cut it flush but why not leave most of it as an additional source of rigidity.

I applied the first coat of Pettit Ez Bilge paint. I will add one more coat. I wanted to paint it white for at least two reasons. First is ascetics as it looks pretty good being all even, white and bright and the second, and most Importantly, is for safety. It may be easier to see any leaks or discolorations from both water or fuel. The white will show a lot more if anything is going on that I should be aware of.

Well then, don’t go by me as my setup is the first schematic shown by DB. Very old school to the point that I still use the rotation method. This weekend will be battery 1 for starting and all electronics, all day. Next trip will be battery 2 and back and forth on each trip. Surprisingly, I don’t use oars. 

Great information. Thank you Capt and DBiscayne. I am an electrician by trade so it is ingrained in me to have a breaker on the main feed. I guess I was thinking along the same logic although it seems like it is not a practice to do so in the marine world. I like those breakers that you pictured and will utilize those through the build. Blue Seas also has a post top terminal fuse block but they do not reset.
My mind keeps swinging between “keep it simple for less problems” and “you can never be too safe”. Adding breakers to feeds is smart however what if they trip at the wrong time unnecessarily?  And if I trip a main while running and don’t have a battery circuit it will fry the rectifier on my outboard (1989 Johnson 225)… but if I short a live battery feed it could burn the boat up. I’ll figure something out as to appease my insanity.