Floor Drain Elbow Broke (@#$%^&)

[Blue_Runner]

Personally, I like self bailing. But I keep my boat on the trailer and very rarely leave it in the water. All of my other boats were not self bailers. I don't miss having water in my bilge one bit. Matter of fact that is what sank my 17ft boat at my dock on High Rock Lake. It wasn't a self bailer. The rains came, automatic float switch quit working and down she went down in 10 ft of water. You could barely make out the bow rail if you looked closely. :o

Its 6 one way and half-a-dozen the other I guess but my vote is to stick with self bailing. Just make sure your fittings are good and double clamp them if not already and there should be no problems. I'm pretty sure that most boats of today are self bailing and there is a reason for it. I think its because when not self bailing, the hulls sit and tend to fill with water over time, rotting the stringers and such, but that's just my guess.

Think about all the rot in the older boats that are not self bailing......

Blue's .02