[Miles Offshore]

Also the plugs being left installedduring a heavy rain leaving the water no where to go except in the bilge, and relying on one of those damn 10$ float switches that fail frequently. (I had a Mako sink at the pier back in the early eighties in this manner)Another police inboard like mine sunk here when they had for some reason put a crab dreging rig on the stern and left it tied up to a pier. I dont know if the plugs were left in or out but that was a lot of weight on the stern, but she sank like a rock. I also know of or have heard of them sinking from the scupper tube breaching between the inner and outer hull allowing water to fill the bilge. I fixed this by removing the old tubes, filling the holes with west system, redrilling the holes. right now they are just holes that my plugs fill in and lock. When I haul out soon I will install new tubes both inside and outside using the tubes sold at West marine and some 5200. The single 6" tube that has to be rolled,flared etc is no longer required. I actually like the scuppers going thru the deck especially when moored because most of the rainwater travels down towards the stern and out of the boat instead of into the bilge. JMO