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On Mon, 28 Feb 2005 10:25:32 +0000, h_copter
wrote: Harry Krause Wrote: On Wed, 23 Feb 2005 10:03:04 +0000, h_copter wrote: - My Wave Rider Mustang 14' speed boat has alot of water beneath the cockpit floor. Before I drill a hole to drain it out, please can anyone tell me if it is supposed to be there as water ballast? Thanks- It is a ballast. It helps the boat coner better. Thanks. I have now had replies that it is and is-not ballast! Can anyone point to other sources of information on this? By the way, I was not planning on drilling through hull! There is a well at the back of the boat with a bilge pump that the cockpit drains into. The sealed compartment beneath the cockpit floor is forward of this. Your boat does not appear to be a boat which would require water as ballast. The water has probably gotten there by rainfall or some other nefarious means. I would not drill a hole through anything. If you drill through wood and water drains through this hole, you will rot the wood. How is the water getting there? If this is continuous, then I'd be looking for the problem. If it's a rare occurence, then I'd bail the water with a can, sop up the leftover with a sponge, and try to figure out the source of the water. Don't drill yet. Post some pictures somewhere. John H On the 'PocoLoco' out of Deale, MD, on the beautiful Chesapeake Bay! "Divide each difficulty into as many parts as is feasible and necessary to resolve it." Rene Descartes |
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