of course, after getting it in the water, i discovered a decent leak. had it in the water for about an hour, and got about 2 cups of water in the bilge!! i spent a while looking, as the boat never leaked a drip before the tear down. as suspected, it was the worst possible spot(other than a rivet!), it was a cracked livewell drain hose. these run from under the livewell down out the bottom of the hull. i had to use an inspection camera to find it, and push water from a garden hose up from under the hull into the drain hole. luckily i was able to get the livewell out without having to remove the console!! but it took some weird angles and scraped up arms to get the hoses on and off with the console in place!! cheap fix, just time and frustration. should have it back together tomorrow, which is a priority, cause it’s already listed for sale!!
