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06-27-2012, 02:05 PM #1Member
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unexplained water in the bilge =(
about two weeks ago me and a couple buddies were out and got caught in a storm, knocked us around pretty bad. (4 foot breakers in a 17ft action ) yeah lol.
anyway, iv taken the boat out a couple times since then and iv noticed a lot of extra water in my boat that seems to be unexplained. i usually have some in there just from the waves/water rushing over the transom when coming off plane or doing other fun stuff but the amount and frequency that ive been pumping out water just doesnt seem right. is it possible for the seal to be broken between the top and bottom halfs of my hull? I cant seem to find any other place that water might be coming in.
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06-27-2012, 02:08 PM #2Screaming And Flying!
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Take a water hose and spray hard around the rubrail. Look for leaks in side.....
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06-27-2012, 02:11 PM #3
If that doesn't show any water, try what I did......
With the boat on the trailer, take a garden hose, and put an inch or so of water INSIDE your boat....then lay under the boat and see if any water drips out of an unseen crack.
I did that on my Quartershot when it was getting water in, and I couldn't find any cracks with just my eyes.....I found the drip, and then I knew where to start my work...JOHN MASON
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06-27-2012, 02:23 PM #45000 RPM
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Start simple, make sure your drain plug just isn't worn out.
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06-27-2012, 02:42 PM #5
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06-27-2012, 03:14 PM #6
After a particularly hard trip like that you may find water tracking in via through hull fittings and bolts which have had the seal broken by the twisting of the hull (bow rail for instance).
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06-27-2012, 03:50 PM #7
This happened with my boat.
Water leaking around a bad poppet gasket on the block..tracked via my cables, back into the bildge area.
I could not believe the amount of water that came in via tracking. I spent a few weeks checkin this checkin that..before I found the problem.
Good luck.
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06-27-2012, 05:48 PM #8
Check the bilge pump discharge. Water may be getting back in through the discharge hole if it is near the water level especially since you said you were in a storm the wave could wash in the discharge. I had that problem with my last boat and had to put a big loop in the discharge hose to work as a trap.
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06-27-2012, 06:12 PM #960 glasspar g3 115 merc (sold)
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06-27-2012, 06:12 PM #10
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06-28-2012, 08:24 AM #11Member
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thats a pretty bold statement but I will check. I took the boat out yesterday for a little test. when im just idling through the canal, the bilge seems to stay dry. but then when i went out into some rougher waters and came back there was GALLONS of water in the hull, i mean an unsettling amount and it was probably only a 30 minute run. granted though, the boat was out of the water a few times . this never used to happen until quite recently though, even when having a little fun with the waves. ill check all of the aforementioned areas that you guys suggested
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06-28-2012, 09:08 AM #12
An unseen crack in the bottom, and beating it on waves could cause a bigger crack and delamination...
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06-28-2012, 06:41 PM #1360 glasspar g3 115 merc (sold)
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06-28-2012, 08:09 PM #14
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06-28-2012, 11:04 PM #15
Let me say this louder than Waterwings. You got beat up in bad water pretty bad, and now there is a lot of water in your boat. Seems to come in while on plane, not through the rubrail/hull-to-deck joint. It is possible that you have a crack in the bottom. I would sure do the "fill it with water and look for leaks coming out" test before I would run that boat fast. That crack, if it exists, could open catastrophically and kill you.
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