As you can see. Pic#1 shot from the bilge to aft berth. Pict#2 shows the current location of the bilge pump. Pict#3 shows the bilge area where I would like to install a bilge pump. I'm curious to know why one wasn't here in the first place. It appears to me that with the current location water would be up over the sole before the bilge pump would begin to pump. I'm trying to figure out if I can hollow out a passage under the cross bracing large enough to accommodate a bilge pump line, without compromising anything. Electrical wiring is not a problem.