3Squids '79 Center Console thread

[bradford]

Hate to be the guy Squid...

.... but a splash well is designed for when you take green water over the transom it stays out of the boat and bilge and drains quickly away through the scuppers. A hatch than isn't absolutely water tight will allow water into the bilge, which when on board and underway is a manageable situation. The problem is when the scuppers allow water into the splash well due to the aft end sitting low in the water and water seeping (or pouring depending) into the hatch, overwhelming the batteries with the bilge pump constantly running, she gets low enough in the water, and the water just comes across the top of the transom and she eventually sinks at the dock. Other people have had them before, but it's a screaming red flag to me, so I thought I'd mention it.

It would be an easy fix glass wise. I don't mean to freak you out or anything, just something to think about.

Somewhere on here someone posted a go pro video of a guy spear fishing and coming back up to the boat with it listing hard and slowly going down, likely attributed to a low transom and a leaky hatch. Maybe they'll chime in and re post it.