That did not surprise me. It is amazing how many people forget the put the
drain plugs in the boat when launching. At a fairly busy public dock, one
summer I saw two people who forgot to put the plugs in. After realizing
the boat was taking on water, in their confusion they were not able to seat
the plug from inside the boat. The boats were taking on water so fast, they
beached the boat.

If they had not been loading the boat at the dock, they probably would not
have noticed the problem till they were in the middle of the lake.




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Drain Plug Missing: 12%

12% ??? Outch!!!

Matt

Buy a Whaler. I can pull the drain plug on either Whaler, and the below
deck bilge areas fills with a little bit of water, but the boat keeps
floating and the water never reaches the above-deck areas.

Ask me how I know. ;-)


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That did not surprise me. It is amazing how many people forget the put
the drain plugs in the boat when launching. At a fairly busy public dock,
one summer I saw two people who forgot to put the plugs in. After
realizing the boat was taking on water, in their confusion they were not
able to seat the plug from inside the boat. The boats were taking on
water so fast, they beached the boat.

If they had not been loading the boat at the dock, they probably would not
have noticed the problem till they were in the middle of the lake.




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Drain Plug Missing: 12%

12% ??? Outch!!!

Matt

A good method for the folks with bad memory is to hang the drain plug
on the steering wheel as soon as its removed.. then it comes to mind
next time the boat is launched

Matt

I just bought my (used) boat last fall. Being the paranoid type I
thought about how to keep from forgetting to re-install the plug (a
brass screw in type). I found that I could squeeze it into the ring of
my boat's keyring. I am pretty sure that I won't forget it as I will
at least test start the boat on the trailer before putting it into the
water.

The Other Dave Hall

On 13 Apr 2005 09:05:17 -0700, wrote:

A good method for the folks with bad memory is to hang the drain plug
on the steering wheel as soon as its removed.. then it comes to mind
next time the boat is launched

Matt

Dave,
When I trailered a boat, my boat yard recommended everyone do that. I used
one of those large clips (used by mountain climbers) to attach to my key
ring.


"Dave Hall" wrote in message
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I just bought my (used) boat last fall. Being the paranoid type I
thought about how to keep from forgetting to re-install the plug (a
brass screw in type). I found that I could squeeze it into the ring of
my boat's keyring. I am pretty sure that I won't forget it as I will
at least test start the boat on the trailer before putting it into the
water.

The Other Dave Hall

On 13 Apr 2005 09:05:17 -0700, wrote:

A good method for the folks with bad memory is to hang the drain plug
on the steering wheel as soon as its removed.. then it comes to mind
next time the boat is launched

Matt