"Ree-Yees" wrote:


Where does the water come from that pours our my back plug when I take it
out? This is where the water is coming from. When I take the plug out
after boating for a couple hours water pours our for maybe 5 seconds.
This
is the water that seeps in if I do not remove the plug.


5 seconds of water after having been out for a few hours doesn't sound like
any problem at all and quite normal. It could come from spray any light
sprinkle
of rain, or if people go swimming from their dripping. There may also be
some
very small leaks that a drip....drip....driping into the hull. That is
really not a
problem.


I have never ran the bilge pump out in the water. Am I supposed to cut
this
on from time to time? Will it pump out this water that the boat
accumulates
instead of letting it out with the plug when I get up on land?


If it's not much water accumulating down there then you don't have to run
the
pump. In some ways, it's probably just as well not to run the pump and then
to see how much water total you are accumulating. But, yes, if you wanted
to keep that water out you could run the pump from time to time.

Generally I'd run the pump once and a while while still (not driving) and
watch to
see how much water it pumps out. If it pumps for more than a second or two
(or more than I'd expect) then I know there is a problem to go look at.


Also be aware....the bilge pump can not get ALL the water out. Most pumps
can not get down to the very last drop. And when they shut off all of the
water
that is in the hose runs back down, out the pump, and back into your bilge.
This is normal.




Thanks for all the support!

--Cameron


Most welcome. Thanks for bringing a boating topic into the group