Introduction with questions....water in battery and oil compartments

[nipper]

Different problem but maybe same solution. When my Dad had my V20 cuddy with an I/O rainwater and just daily dew in the summer would always run down between where the motor cover met the bulkhead of the transom compartment and drip down onto the engine. My Dad fashioned a channel out of a pvc pipe cut in two which would catch the water. He then had a clear tube in the channel which would direct the water down into the bilge. Still works great after 20 years.

I would think you could also find a way to attach pieces of plastic tubing to the bottom of the rodholders (probably using a rubber plug) and route the tubing down to drain into the bilge proper.