Scandvik transom shower blank

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I have a 2000 Beneteau 331 sailboat. Many of the exterior plastic bits are really showing their age after 23 years (go figure). I came to my boat the other day to find the transom shower missing. That is, it fell into the inside of the transom. The plastic was SO crumbly from UV exposure that it just gave up. I never actually used the shower, since swimming in Galveston bay has never seemed like an appealing activity to me. Anyway, rather than replacing it for ~$240, I decided to just blank off the holes and remove the shower unit altogether. I could go the route of filling in the holes with fiberglass route, or just print up some blanking plugs. Maybe one day I'll want to add the shower back in, and in that case I can just remove the plugs. I would recommend printing these in white ASA for the typical boat. Definitely can't recommend PLA since it will get soft in the sun. ASA has worked out really well for me as an outdoor plastic so far. The originals from Scandvik are made of ABS, so figure you'll get 20 years out of these :)