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My boat arrived with the device seen above installed on a shelf within the console. There wasn't anything on the deck. Thus any water that sloshed under the console would certainly end up in the rigging tunnel.

To prevent as much water as possible from getting below deck I would like to install a similar boot and seal it to the deck .

Any idea what this is called?
Where I can find one?

I don't know the Boston Whaler company nomenclature for that device, but I would refer to it as a rigging tunnel boot or gasket or dam or escutcheon. Usually you see them installed around the deck opening at the rigging tunnel under the console. The shape is matched to the shape of the rigging tunnel opening. As you describe, the purpose of having such a device at the rigging tunnel access at the helm is to prevent water that is sloshing around the deck from entering the rigging tunnel. The ones I have seen that are OEM with Boston Whaler are usually white and a close match to the gel coat color of the boat deck.

I suggest you contact Boston Whaler customer service, and inquire with them if that device you found on the console shelf was an OEM part. Ask if there is a similar part for the rigging tunnel on your boat. Or, you could fabricate something similar yourself with some appropriately shaped metal or plastic L-channel.

I have seen the rigging flange in two variations. A full oval and 2 halves.

My Outrage 17 had two halves. One on the deck floor, one on the console shelf. I took both and made a full oval and installed it on the rigging opening on the deck and didn't use anything in the console.

I doubt one is still manufactured. I would fabricate an alternative out of a rectangular piece of sheet plastic or 1/4" phenolic, cut 2" dia hole and attach a Yamaha rigging grommet (boat end). Apply sealant under grommet and under the sheet prior to attaching to the deck.

Yamaha Rigging boot (http://www.simyamaha.com)



My new flange installed: