Re: Self-Bailing Deck Question
Ha Vezo
It seems to me that when there is a reel troublesome problem with anything we deal with normally we will go one of two ways to solve it. The first way is overbuild it the other way is use the layering protection method to avoid problems. For boats and water sinking them I think the layering method of protection is the best option. First off a self bailing boat does exactly that bails out the boat without any assistance by us. Then comes the layering with either one or two bilge pumps with automatic switches in them to kick in if water gets into the bilge.
On my boat first off the self bailing still is in tack plus I have one 1500 bilge pump set up on a automatic switch and the other 1500 bilge pump that is strictly manual. For me I would re work your boat for self bailing plus have your bilge backup system ALWAYS WORKING. I got a little story for ya 20 + years ago I bought a new boat and on my second trip on the boat I over did it. I had a extra live well on board plus two many people on the boat for the weather conditions. Any way I started taking some water into the boat from the stern while drift fishing so is said I’ll just turn on the bilge pump and remove all the excess water “no big deal” will I was wrong it became a “Big Deal” the manufacturer of the boat DID NOT remove all the chips of fiberglass from the hull before putting the boat together so when I turned on the bilge pump pieces of fiberglass got into the impeller and jammed the pump nothing came out. I did get the boat back to the dock but it could have gone the other way and we could have made front page in the news I WAS SHOWN MERCY FROM THE MAN UP STARES. After that trip I always have two Working Large bilge pumps I check the weather and have all the safety equipment on board and working.
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