I think people are naturally assuming it is a much more difficult problem
that getting water out of an open boat (as your original post indicates)
since you wrote and asked advice.

"Rick" wrote in message
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Peggie Hall wrote:
wrote:

There's several gallons of sea water in my aluminum bayrunner and I
can't figure out how to get it out. When I'm in the water on full
throttle the boat doesn't tilt enough to push all the water to the back
where the bilge pump is located.

Even on the trailer with it fully tilted up on the boat ramp I can't
empty it out. It's not flooded but there's several gallons and I'd
like to get it out. Does anyone have any suggestions?


A shop vac or dinghy bailer (manual pump), a bucket, a big sponge and
some manual labor.

Even if the bilge pump could get rid of most of it, bilge pumps can't
get all the water...some runs back down the hose when the pump shuts off
that should always be pumped out/mopped up each time you put the boat
away. If you don't, it'll sit and stagnate into a stinky "primordial
soup" in your bilge.

Am I missing something here? My Bilge is self-Draining when the boat is
out of the water.

R.