Re: Seacrafts sink?
HA REEL SMOKER
I THINK THAT THE SCUPPERS IN THE AFT DECK WHERE THE PROBLEM. I THINK IT WAS A COMBO OF THE BOAT IN THE WATER ALL THE TIME, WATER IN THE BILGE, NO AUTOMATIC BILGE PUMP, PLUS TOO MUCH WEIGHT IN THE STERN (TWO MOTORS) PLUS NO WATER TIGHT HATCHES THAT GO INTO THE BILGE AND THEN THE SCUPPERS THAT WILL ALLOW WATER TO COME IN IF THE BOAT IS TWO HEAVY ALL LED TO SINKS VILLE. NEWER BOATS SCUPPERS GO OUT THE TRANSOM WHICH SOLVES ANY PROBLEM. I MOVED WEIGHT FORWARD SOME AND REALLY DON’T KEEP BOAT IN THE WATER EXCEPT FOR THOSE OCCASIONAL ONE WEEK TRIPS TO THE KEYS. NEGLECT ONE WAY OR ANOTHER WILL ALWAYS GET YOU WITH BOATS.
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