Reginald P. Smithers III wrote:
If the boat owner does not check up on his boat during the fall and
winter, it is not uncommon for leaves and pine straw to clog the
scuppers during the fall, and then the heavy winter rains to cause the
boats to fill up with water.

Or they thought the bildge pump would take care of the flooding, that
is, until the battery went dead, and.....