M_Boats: M17 wet locker

Hello Listers and Jerry, Question: Has anyone ever considered the idea of adapting an early model M17 transom area to incorporate a wet locker like the later models? I own a 1976 M17 and I feel the improved scupper design and the ability to store wet items in it's own locker would be a huge plus. Jerry, if you're monitoring this, would this involve cutting and forming a lazarette cover, boxing in the transom area to be watertight, plugging the original small scupper drain, and finally, cutting in the new cockpit drain scuppers and transom drains? What did I leave out? Seems like it would be a lot less work than Sean's keel rebuild! The North Channel cruise is one month away! Later, Bones