Speed boat water ballast
 

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

No it is not. If left in there it will rot out the floor and stringers.

--
Tony
my boats and cars at http://t.thomas.home.mchsi.com
"h_copter" wrote in message
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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


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h_copter

Uh, where do you plan to "drill a hole"? I think Wil E. Coyote tried
that in a roadrunner cartoon- and the results were less than
satisfactory. :-)

Use a bilge pump instead, then watch carefully to see whether you can
detect where the water leaks in. (Could be rain water, depending how
the boat is stored).
Once that has been determined, you will want to undertake repairs.

Your 14 boat almost certainly isn't an inboard, so you should ideally
have zero water in the bilge.

Uh, where do you plan to "drill a hole"?

I wuz kinda wondern' that myself....

--Mike

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Uh, where do you plan to "drill a hole"? I think Wil E. Coyote tried
that in a roadrunner cartoon- and the results were less than
satisfactory. :-)

Use a bilge pump instead, then watch carefully to see whether you can
detect where the water leaks in. (Could be rain water, depending how
the boat is stored).
Once that has been determined, you will want to undertake repairs.

Your 14 boat almost certainly isn't an inboard, so you should ideally
have zero water in the bilge.

On Thu, 24 Feb 2005 02:58:34 GMT, "mgg" wrote:

Uh, where do you plan to "drill a hole"?

I wuz kinda wondern' that myself....

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True story follows: A friend of mine in Connecticut had a college kid
maintaining his 40 foot sailboat one summer. Friend gets a call one
afternoon from the kid explaining why there is now a bolt in the
shower sump. It seems the sump had not been fully draining, so our
maintenance hero decided to drill an additional drain hole - right
through the bottom of the boat as it turned out. Not quite knowing
what to do with the resulting artesian well, he tapped the hole for a
stainless machine screw, put some bedding compound on it, and called
my friend for further instruction.

LOL! At least he was smart enough to use a SS screw! g

--Mike

"Wayne.B" wrote in message
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On Thu, 24 Feb 2005 02:58:34 GMT, "mgg" wrote:

Uh, where do you plan to "drill a hole"?

I wuz kinda wondern' that myself....

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True story follows: A friend of mine in Connecticut had a college kid
maintaining his 40 foot sailboat one summer. Friend gets a call one
afternoon from the kid explaining why there is now a bolt in the
shower sump. It seems the sump had not been fully draining, so our
maintenance hero decided to drill an additional drain hole - right
through the bottom of the boat as it turned out. Not quite knowing
what to do with the resulting artesian well, he tapped the hole for a
stainless machine screw, put some bedding compound on it, and called
my friend for further instruction.

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.

"h_copter" wrote in message
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Harry Krause Wrote:
On Wed, 23 Feb 2005 10:03:04 +0000, h_copter
wrote:
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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.


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h_copter

Yep, you are right. And yet more proof our resident village idiot knows
nothing about what he spews.

H-copter, ignore Krause. He is a proven liar, and doesn't even own a boat.
He lurks here only to troll, and disrupt the group. He has nothing to
contribute here.

BTW, what's the deal with your handle? Do you pilot a chopper?

--
-Netsock

"It's just about going fast...that's all..."
http://home.columbus.rr.com/ckg/

In article , h_copter.1l5xc1
@news.boatbanter.com says...
Thanks. I have now had replies that it is and is-not ballast! Can
anyone point to other sources of information on this?



The people who built the boat


--
Mike G.
Heirloom Woods

www.heirloom-woods.net

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