Steve Smith
03-20-2000, 04:19 PM
Hello all.
I'm a new member from Alabama and have a question regarding my '88 Z-25. Please forgive me if this post seems unintelligible--I know a lot about boats in general, but am not overly sophisticated in particulars.
My question involves the drain holes under the rear seat. I ASSUME that water should drain into these holes, then into the bilge and pumped out w/ pumps.
My problem is that the last time I had the boat out and was cleaning it up, a lot of water went in and not much came out. Where did it go? Could the drains to the bilge become clogged and, if so, how would I clear this?
When I bought the boat (June of '98), it had been stored on the trailer and did not have the front elevated, thus I had some water in the area at the rear of the cuddy. Also, a lot of the wood under the inspection plate in front has rotted. Could this all be clogging the drains?
Any advice I can get would be greatly appreciated. I'm running 62 to 63 mph @ WOT by the speedo, so I don't feel like the hull is waterlogged, but I do have some water in the bilge at all times, despite storing the boat on a lift.
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Steve Smith
Cullman, AL
scsmith@hiwaay.net
I'm a new member from Alabama and have a question regarding my '88 Z-25. Please forgive me if this post seems unintelligible--I know a lot about boats in general, but am not overly sophisticated in particulars.
My question involves the drain holes under the rear seat. I ASSUME that water should drain into these holes, then into the bilge and pumped out w/ pumps.
My problem is that the last time I had the boat out and was cleaning it up, a lot of water went in and not much came out. Where did it go? Could the drains to the bilge become clogged and, if so, how would I clear this?
When I bought the boat (June of '98), it had been stored on the trailer and did not have the front elevated, thus I had some water in the area at the rear of the cuddy. Also, a lot of the wood under the inspection plate in front has rotted. Could this all be clogging the drains?
Any advice I can get would be greatly appreciated. I'm running 62 to 63 mph @ WOT by the speedo, so I don't feel like the hull is waterlogged, but I do have some water in the bilge at all times, despite storing the boat on a lift.
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Steve Smith
Cullman, AL
scsmith@hiwaay.net