Back Bay Report 4/14

[Duffman]

Originally Posted by Capt. Frank

Launched from AHMM ramp - 20-22 foot CC. No plug.

All is well.... Bilge pump kept up while drifting until it was dead battery time. Then fishing in puddles on the floor. Lift deck hatch and OH SH*T moment the bilge is full of water.

Bilge pump running the entire time they are drifting until it killed the batts??!! What am I missing here? How do you not notice the water discharge from the thru hull? I can see on a larger vessel but on a 22 CC?

[Wilson]

Originally Posted by Duffman

Bilge pump running the entire time they are drifting until it killed the batts??!! What am I missing here? How do you not notice the water discharge from the thru hull? I can see on a larger vessel but on a 22 CC?

I credit the legal pot.

[Detour66]

I had a certain marina out of Belmar leave the plug out of my boat which was rack stored there. My son who was 10 at the time and I headed out to the ocean and started to drift for fluke. All of a sudden both bilge pumps are on. I open a hatch and look in the bilge and it full of water. I start the engine up and was able to get it up on plane and most of the water drained out. Once I got in the inlet I had to slow down and the water was filling up again. I got to the marina and docked the boat and ran and told them that they left the plug out and I was taking on water. They acted like it was no big deal getting my boat out of the water and took their sweet time. Meanwhile my boat was sinking. I was angry to say the least. That was my last season there. So make sure the plug is in even if you are on a rack and if the plug is left out if you get her up on plane it will drain out. Tight Lines

[Gerry Zagorski]

A friend of mine towed his boat and joined us camping in MD.... We go to launch the boat, I drop him in and take his truck and trailer and park it in the lot...

I come back to the dock to jump on but before I do I notice he's sitting a little low... He lifts up his engine hatch and sure enough water's pouring in because he forgot the drain plug and he tells me it's up in the truck in a cup holder.

I tell him to leave the dock and ride around up on plane to get the water drained out until I get back with the truck and trailer...

We did just that and likely saved his boat...

Needless to say he'll never forget that drain plug again and I remind him about it all the time

[Capt. Debbie]

Beats me Duff what they were thinking. My guess it sounds and discharges water just like a livewell. The guys at the transom I was handing pumps to seemed kind of clueless.

Originally Posted by Duffman

Bilge pump running the entire time they are drifting until it killed the batts??!! What am I missing here? How do you not notice the water discharge from the thru hull? I can see on a larger vessel but on a 22 CC?