Thru-hulls

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HA POGDEN
BEFORE I WOULD BE CONCERNED I WOULD FIRST CONFIRM YOU ARE REALLY TAKING IN ANY WATER. THE SEACRAFTS HAVE A VARIABLE DEAD RISE HULL MEANING THAT THE BOW OF THE BOAT IS DEEPER (CONCAVE) FROM THE STERN OF THE BOAT. WATER CAN ACCUMULATE IN THE BOW OF THE BOAT AND YOU MIGHT NOT SEE ANY WATER IF YOU JUST PULLED THE DECK PLATE IN THE STERN AND LOOKED IN. IF I WERE YOU I WOULD KEEP THE PLUG OUT OF THE BOAT ON YOUR WAY TO THE DOCK, WHEN I DO THIS I CAN SEE WATER COMING OUT OF THE BOAT ON MY WAY TO THE RAMP FOR THE FIRST MILE OR SO. AT THE RAMP BACK THE BOAT DOWN THE RAMP ABOUT ¾ OF THE WAY THEN PUT THE PLUG IN. AFTER YOU LAUNCH THE BOAT PULL THE DECK PLATES AND LOOK IN, KEEP THE DECK PLATES OUT AND RUN THE BOAT AT ABOUT 2000 RPMS AND LOOK SOME MORE. AFTER THAT DO YOUR BOATING THING, WHEN YOU GET BACK TO THE DOCK AT THE END OF THE DAY PULL THE BOAT OUT OF THE WATER ABOUT ½ WAY AND THEN LOOK IN THE DECK PLATES AGAIN THEN PULL THE PLUG. IF YOU ARE GETTING WATER THEN AT LEAST YOU KNOW IT IS NEW WATER NOT ACCUMULATED WATER FROM THE BOAT JUST SITTING. ONE WEEK I HAD THE SAME PROBLEM AS YOU AND THOUGHT I HAD A LEAK JUST TO FIND OUT THAT I JUST DRAGGED 5 GAL OF WATER FROM THE HOUSE TO THE DOCK.
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