It would be hilarious (and disguising) if I go down to the boat this morning and find an ice box full of bilge water. That would be consistent with my symptoms. An alternate fix could be to snake a bilge hose in the old manual hose which has a broken manual pump.
That is a very helpful list of threads, thank you. I read them but need to go through them again because it is hard to figure out where some of the areas being referenced are. “Mark’s†rebuild is unfortunately missing some key photos. Bummer. But these threads address a bunch of my other questions regarding draining problems aft of the bilge.
It sounds like this vermiculite is between the hull and the floor in the area between the engine and the bilge and stops water from draining aft of the bilge into the bilge. I gather the consensus is that this vermiculite serves no purpose and can be removed? It seems terrible that nothing aft of the bilge will drain on this boat. I also have to replace the large bilge hose (as shown in the photo), and I assume the only way to do this is to remove the floor? This boat is so dirty in every way imaginable...
Where exactly is this “second bilge†I’ve seen referenced?
I guess people started drilling drain holes in the engine pan? I have water accumulation here because of a leaking stuffing box. It’s seems as though a water tight pan is meant to catch petroleum products and fluids that shouldn’t go in the bilge?
Any idea where the hull numbers are located?
What are the signs of wet core, and where exactly in my photo?
Last edited by Patrick Stinson; 05/25/20 10:32 AM.
