Sometimes yes, but in your case you shouldn't need to pump it out every few
hours.

"C." wrote in message
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Is it common for boats to have water in the bilge area almost all the
time? I mean, you turn on the bilge pump and pump it out, then a few hours
later you look and there's some water down there again...

Should it be bone dry? Or is it more often than not a fact that some
water will end up sitting there?