New to boating, Should i be worried?

[StBalor]

Yes, water is coming over where motor is mounted and into the splash well. towards the front side of splash well i have a hole in my splash well about 4" in Diameter. (Looks like something was mounted there before, has 4 smaller holes around the 4" diameter hole.) Water over flows through that hole and into bilge area.
i don't know, don't have a camera at the moment, so i'll quit posting till i can post some pics.

[tsubaki]

Chances are that was the old wire and cable boot location. If there ain't anything there now, seal it or cover it up.

[Shawsee]

Here is some pics of how I have the trailer tongue up on two 4x4 pieces. Very similar to the way Parishht has his.









Here you will see a long piece of old jean material(100% cotton) that acts like a "wick" to remove water trapped in the bilge area. I got this idea right here on the V site. I cannot remember who suggested this great idea, but it sure does the trick!

[Sean]

Shawsee, Your set up looks just like mine. My drive is on a slope, so when I back in I need to jack her way up just to get the boat level, then another foot, to drain. ITs apretty scarry site :o
Thanks for the "wick" idea. I usally shy away from holes with strings hanging out of them, but this I will defently be trying ;) ;D

[Shawsee]

Originally Posted by Sean

Shawsee, Your set up looks just like mine. My drive is on a slope, so when I back in I need to jack her way up just to get the boat level, then another foot, to drain. ITs apretty scarry site :o
Thanks for the "wick" idea. I usally shy away from holes with strings hanging out of them, but this I will defently be trying *;) ;D

Sean,

The first time I raised the boat up that high my wife was outside with me. She kept asking me," what the heck are you doing?" I told her trying to get the water out! She then ran like hell into the house yelling,"you are crazy jacking the boat up that high and you are going to hurt yourself. LMAO *::) but man oh man, whenever the boat reached "the point of no return" the water was pouring out of the drain hole! It ran like that for at least 10 minutes too. *:o *The next time I launched her at Point Judith, she was sitting so much higher in the water it was like I had a new boat. I don't know why they designed the boat like that with the drain hole 3" higher then the lowest point in the bottom of the hull. *???
The "wick" idea works great too and who ever thought of that one was brilliant. I couldn't believe that a small strip of cotton material could work so good for wicking water out.

[msbhammer]

Any chance of you being in Delaware. I'll take a look at it or maybe another member is close to ya.

[reelapeelin]

Don't stop postin' ...better to keep postin' w/no pix...what motor you got?...you need to find a way to seal off the holes in your splashwell...it's made to take on water, then drain back out...do you have a working bilge-pump?...after on the water, how many inches in your bilge area?...

[tsubaki]

Any help?

[msbhammer]

Wow, thats a narrow splashwell. But water still shouldnt be coming in through the boot hole.

[tsubaki]

I'm willing to bet he's got an old boot hole dead center in the bottom of the backsplash.