Re: CSickNick
My '72 Seafari is like yours, Nick. Anchored up in a strong current with a following sea, my bilge pumps run constantly as water gets past the cable boot around the steering and control cables. The original hole for thse cables is below the level of the transom, so when the engine well fills with water, the boot is underwater. In these conditions, EVERY wave comes splashing into the boat. That's even if I leave the fishwell under the port transom seat dry. I have a '91 Merc 150, plus a 10 hp Force kicker. It's the main reason I installed a second 750 gph pump with it's own float switch 2 inches higher than the main 1000 gph pump. (It's only kicked on once, when the float for the main pump failed.)
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(2) Pompano 12' fishing kayaks
'73 Cobia 18' prototype "Casting Skiff", 70hp Mercury
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