bilge drainage

[macojoe]

My 1975 went to the bilge also, don';t worry about it.
Put your pump up on the stringer a few inches off the floor. Other wise you going to eat pumps like crazy as it will suck in sand and crap and bind them up.
I always waited till I was headed in to start cleaning to keep the water down till I was inshore.

Welcome to the board!

[THEFERMANATOR]

Originally Posted by macojoe

Put your pump up on the stringer a few inches off the floor. Other wise you going to eat pumps like crazy as it will suck in sand and crap and bind them up.

You had a bilge pump?

Yes I have a pump it's located in the well between the batteries.

[THEFERMANATOR]

Originally Posted by Jahoyts

Yes I have a pump it's located in the well between the batteries.

That was a jab at MJ, not at you. Ask MJ about his last V-20 outing.

[tsubaki]

Welcome to the site.
The floor coolers drain into the bottom and then into the bilge.
Stick your finger into the hole toward the coolers and make sure there is room to drill another drain directly below it. Three inches above the bottom of the bilge sounds way too high.
Here is where mine is located.

[tsubaki]

Oh, this is what I did for the bilge pump installation.

Just a 1/4" piece of aluminum plate keeps it centered and flat and off the bottom just enough to reduce a lot of sand being sucked up in it.

[macojoe]

thats a why I stopped using them, I kept burning them out!