I'm pretty convinced that this is a common older SeaCraft issue and even more common with inboards with leaky shaft seals and such. You got to realize that back in the 70's drip less shaft seals were not around yet. My boat is a 76 23' inboard and the previous owner kept it in the water at a slip. I noticed the boat was sitting low in the water and bought it any how. Well my boat was wet, soaked in fact. I ran it this way last season and had to keep the scupper drains plugged all the time because they let more water in then out. I keep my boat on a trailer and I believe it dried out quite a lot over the winter. I splashed my boat on Saturday for the first time since last season with full tanks and it was sitting an 1" higher than last season. I was able to finally run the boat without the drain plugs in and the scuppers finally drain water!
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1976 23' SeaCraft Inboard
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