[joshmon71]

Went through this myself 2 years ago. so how much water?Could be any place there is a hole/thru hull into boat as culprit start with obvious suspect areas.

a properly installed seacock with flange or what are you dealing with got a photo?

there is some normal amount of water that enters the bilge from the vents on my 23n and just driving around water splashes, given its now an outboard, i turned my front vents back (you would keep them front facing if an IO or inboard engine. but thats normal. keep them as air flow is a good thing. brings up the point how much water are we talking?

on the front fish box there is a drain, it could be the bronze tube is shot and leaking there, it was for me. i removed mine and glassed it over, and in the future plan to run vac hose line to a macerator from my 2 fish bozes forward, but for now its into the bilge for my forward box and middle box.

guess first question is, is water leaking from front of bow area near that box? is it from back of boat at rest near thru hull? i have pretty good access to check these bilge areas on my 23, you may not.

How about your scuppers? out the back or down bottom of boat? how is the bronze tubes there or are they replacedand not bronzed? another suspect area.

those are my 3 guesses-thru hull u mention,scuppers tubes if bronze, and forward fish box bronze tube. 1 is front, 2 are rear, start with where the water is coming in if can do so.

i also note on a trailer boat, if you do not tilt the bow up enough when storingm water will hold in the bow...


Good Luck!
-Josh