Re: New to boating, Should i be worried?
 

StBalor's profile says Maryland,
so depending on where, I am sure we have somebody close.

Re: New to boating, Should i be worried?
 

Tsubaki,

That's exactly what my splashwell looks like. Water does come in over the top at times but quickly drains out thru the middle hole. The only time I was worried was when the boat was sitting so low in the water when the bottom of hull was acting like a ballast full of water.

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I agree, there must be 2 boot holes - one where his cables and wires currently come through and an old one either dead center as Tsub said or to one side on the flat part.

Like the others said, seal it up, get all the water outta your hull and life should be good again :D

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oh and I agree with Reel too - don't stop postin! You might sink before you get a camera!

Post up bro!

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I think it was me that plagarized the "wick" idea. Unfortunately the link no longer works (see below). It was designed to remove water trapped between stringers that you could not access. Basically, drill a hole at the lowest point, insert cotton tee's long enough to reach through the drain plug hole and hang lower than the point being drained, then glass the hole (of course).

www.Helendalepublishing.com/drainwater.htm

Re: New to boating, Should i be worried?
 

Hang on Al Gore *;D
Go back and look in "Make My Life Easier"
http://www.wellcraftv20.com/cgi-bin/...num=1177099950

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hahaha, Ok, Tsubaki, I recind my early claim. I like the tampon one better, although wouldn't a tampon be better as a drain PLUG, rather than a drain WICK?????

BTW, sorry the

Re: New to boating, Should i be worried?
 

capndsboatshed.com website is down. It had really useful fiberglass repair stuff.

Re: New to boating, Should i be worried?
 

The hole in your splash well on left side of picture. I have 1 dead center of my splash well. Also had 1 on the right side but former owner sealed with silicone.
i also do not have a drain hole in bottom center of splash well as you do. When i get home, i just sponge it out.

Re: New to boating, Should i be worried?
 

Don't use your boat until you get this sorted out STB!!!!


You could sink. :o

There needs to be a drain in the splashwell to let water back out, and you need to stop the flow of water into the bilge.

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Hmm, so that center hole goes directly to the bilge area, and you dont have two seperate holes that drain out through teh transom. ???

Drill out out and install two splashwell drains with scupper flaps. The drain hole in the center...I guess you have no choice, but to let it drain into the bilge area. ???

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You should have the same transom setup.
Post the hull ID number of your boat, it may not be a "75 Steplift.
Till Kodak can help us with this.

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Today is pay day, did you go digital camera yet. ??? ::)

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StBalor,

Let me know if you'd like for me to stop by with my camera to snap a few pics for the boys and to also get a firsthand look at the situation.

Steve

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Yall talking about water in the bilge, I do like somebody said about oil. I drop my shop vac hose in and it sucks it all right out. Works good and fast.

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Well i realized something yesterday. Maybe it was partially my fault the water was coming over the boat. The 1st 2 times i went out there were 4 of us. i figure weighing about 1000 lbs. Water was choppy and all 4 of us fishing off of back of the boat.
Went out on the potomac river yesterday with 3 of us water was calm and we spread out on the boat a bit. Not a drop of water came ove the transom area. in fact no water came in boat at all.
Was this a rookie mistake by all 4 of us fishing from back of boat that caused the water to come over the transom?

Re: New to boating, Should i be worried?
 

1000 pounds off the back, yep I say thats why you got the water!!

"Rookie" yep I think that sums it up ;)

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As Moe Howard of the Three Stooges would say," spread out " ;D

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The 1000# in the back of the boat was causing water to come into the splashwell, and that is ok as long as the splashwell is working like it should. *You should always try to distribute the "load" in your boat evenly, but your boat should be able to handle 4 people standing in the back, even if they are "healthy".

You need to fix it up so that water that gets in the splashwell can drain back out and not drain into the bilge.

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I smell "FISHBONE". ;D

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Well, if he starts posting pix of his mansion and limosines...

Re: New to boating, Should i be worried?
 

HHHHHMMMMMMM. *Nah.......Maybe.......Nah

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I find the same thing that water will come over the splash well if I have extra weight like several people fishing from the rear of the boat. The floor of my boat drains into the splash well then out through the transom. So when I have several people fishing from the back of the boat I use plugs in both of the drain holes which go from the flooring to the splash well to keep water from entering through the splash well onto the flooring. This keeps all the water contained into the splash well area and that works for me.

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I do the same Still, I plug the holes with rubber stoppers.
I do it all teh time cause my scuppers are broken.

Re: New to boating, Should i be worried?
 

Parishht, we have the same year and must admit, it must be a royal pain trying to access the scuppers. :-/

Re: New to boating, Should i be worried?
 

Absolutely and a bottle of absolut.

That is why I use the rubber stoppers.

Maybe one day I will pull up the hatch in the splashwell
and see if I can fix them.
Until that day, I make sure my bilge pump is working.