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Vic Smith

On Sun, 01 Mar 2009 18:47:02 GMT, (Richard
Casady) wrote:

On Sun, 01 Mar 2009 11:47:36 -0600, Vic Smith
wrote:

On Sun, 01 Mar 2009 17:25:07 GMT, (Richard
Casady) wrote:

On Sat, 28 Feb 2009 09:28:47 -0500, Wayne.B
wrote:

3. Make sure the drain plug is in, a *very* common mistake.

What reason is there for a drain plug to be larger than 1/4 inch?
It only has to drain 40 inches a year.

Most people don't figure drainage by yearly rainfall.

Why not, if that is the only way water gets into the boat. You don't
exactly harpoon three foot waves. You pound them hard with a flat
bottom jet boat hull.

Your mileage may vary. For the last fifty years our runabout has
collected the rain three months a year. We run the bilge pump after
rains. Make that more like a foot a year. Rain doesn't count when the
boat is in the shed.

I don't like getting the inside of the boat soaked wet either, but I
haven't boated in the ocean.
I recall only a couple times draining a boat at speed.
A quarter inch just wouldn't do.
But most the time a bailing can and a sponge is all I needed.
A good sponge is a critical piece of equipment to me.

--Vic