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I have been on several boats other than mine and have noticed that their bilges are either dry or may have a few drops of water at most. My 27 Mark I again went through this enire season with a few inches of water in her bilge. The level has not changed, so there is no leak. I have run the electric bilge pump until it just sucks air and have even gone to the extent of using my manual pump beyond that, yet I just can't get it dry. My winterizing includes dumping a few gallons of antifreeze into the bilge to prevent this water from freezing. Is this normal.
Greg Reese
1971 Mark I
Billerina
My MK II had water in the bilge all of the time. While the water level never really changed the battery level did, constantly loosing charge as the bilge pump cycled while I was not there. (I do not stay plugged into shore power for battery charging.) The boat was taking on water down the mast fittings during storms and via the stuffing box. Last year I replaced the stuffing box with a PSS shaft seal and had a very dry bilge all summer. During the summer on the Gulf Coast an inch of bilge water will evaporate out in a couple of days if not replinished by some source. Other sources may be condensation / melt from the ice box leaking into the bilge, leaking freshwater system, rudder post, or a weaping keel / hull joint although I've never actually seen a boat where this was the case.
Mike M
SV Pura Vida
#375
Galveston Bay
Mike M
SV Wind Horse
#375
Galveston, Tx
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A small (1 gal) wet/dry vac is wonderful for getting tha last bit of water that a bilge pump can not get up. Either it's your spillage, rainwater, or intrusion below the waterline. Make a list of possibilities and work through them: head, lavatory, packing glsand, etc. Don't laugh at this, but once you get the boat dry sprinkle baby powder around likely places. It's harmless (doesn't smell bad either) and will show where water ran. I would never willingly put anti-freeze in my bilge.
Warren Smith (AKA Tropical Warren)
Serendipity
Galveston Bay, Texas
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