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    what are these two holes in bilge area?

    I had initially done this and even tasted the water to see if it was saltwater (blech). It was clean looking freshwater and there's no odd smells.
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    what are these two holes in bilge area?

    Point taken. You should see my marina though... maybe just a 1/4 of em are covered.
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    what are these two holes in bilge area?

    No harm done at all. I'm just trying to understand why the boat was designed this way and if anyone reading might be familiar with this make. The floor looks and feels absolutely rock solid, especially after seeing a couple boats before picking this one up. The transom looks good too. The length...
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    what are these two holes in bilge area?

    The bilge area of the boat is 12x12", roughly. And the drain is an inch above the floor. So if I get more than a little over half a gallon in that bilge and it starts going into that little hole that goes into the floor, I'm hosed?
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    what are these two holes in bilge area?

    Thanks for sharing how you practice upkeep on an older boat. It's completely my fault for not doing research on these sort of things, its hard to find info on it. So this is valuable. The way I see it with my boat right now is, I will drain the water as much as I can at this point but continue...
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    what are these two holes in bilge area?

    Totally agree. At least now I do, with this crash course in old-boat ownership, LOL. It's up to me to get creative in fixing this mess.
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    what are these two holes in bilge area?

    Looks like it was common to disable the float switch because of the constant draining and filling due to these holes. People would get completely drained batteries as a result. The manual switch is operational and I had been manually draining the boat on my regular trips to check up on it. Seems...
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    what are these two holes in bilge area?

    I posted in some forums more local to me asking about it since Sangstercraft was a local boat builder here in Vancouver Canada. Sounds like these holes were put in by the manufacturer to drain the hull because I had gotten responses that confirm their existence from other owners of this make...
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    what are these two holes in bilge area?

    First post here, recent first time used boat owner. I've recently found something peculiar in the bilge area of my boat, and they look like two small holes. I'm wondering if anyone can tell me what they are. My boat is a 60s-early 70s Sangstercraft 1560 fiberglass runabout. Just got it, and...
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