Bilge Water?

[Fordiesel69]

On my bayliner the bilge pump does not suck it dry, there is a little water left in the bilge after a week of boating. Should this be sucked out manually or an I being too anal? Bayliners rot, and mine hasn;t yet, so I want to keep it that way.

 

[stonyloam]

Re: Bilge Water?

...am I being too anal? Bayliners rot, and mine hasn;t yet, so I want to keep it that way.

No you are not! Dry is good!! No rot, no rust, no mold.

 

[JoLin]

Re: Bilge Water?

Sounds to me like you're being too anal. Some water will always find its way into the bilge just from rain if nothing else. You're bilge pump can't suck it completely dry. It runs until the pickup can't suck up anymore, leaving a little behind. Then it stops, at which point the water still in the pump hose drains back into the bilge.

You'd have to use a sponge to get every bit of it.

 

[cr2k]

Re: Bilge Water?

As long as the pump is in the bottom of the bilge and below the stringers. What's left should evaporate.

 

[JoLin]

Re: Bilge Water?

Is the boat stored on the water? If not, every time the boat leaves the water, the plug comes out.

Good point- I assumed it was in the water because if it isn't, there's no reason to have any standing water in it. Just pull the plug.

 

[Lion hunter]

Re: Bilge Water?

I have had several boats that due to design it would not get all the water out, even with the plug out (not much a cup or so). If you clean your boat out when you get home just stick the shopvac hose down in there and get whats left. But do pull the plug. It helps air circulate a bit and keeps this from molding.

 

[Fordiesel69]

Re: Bilge Water?

I had it checked and made the plunge this summer to have it docked. It does not take on water sitting, or when it rains, just when you boat in chop or when you go over 45MPH there is a good amount of mist going in the engine vents. I will get a hand pump to suck the rest out. It is not on the stringers, but I also do not want transom rot where the drive exits.

 

[Thajeffski]

Re: Bilge Water?

Is the boat stored on the water? If not, every time the boat leaves the water, the plug comes out.

Nah, that's just a waste of time.

I used to trailer my boat, never touched the plug.


My cover lets in rain water, so the boat pretty much has always had water in it for an inch or so in the back.... only bad thing is mold.

 

[Fordiesel69]

Re: Bilge Water?

There was a guy here that is restoring a bayliner 2050 open bow and his transom was mush around the lower part where the outdrive exits. That is why I was asking. Now granted the rest of his boat was also mush from all the rain / water constantly soaking in.

 

[dan t.]

Re: Bilge Water?

is the drain hole sealed?on my bayliner 2452 the drain hole was drilled thru unsealed wood.fortunatly no rot but it took a month with an electric heater and a vacume pump to dry it out enough so I could glass it and jellcoat it.

 

[Bayliner Customer Service]

Re: Bilge Water?

A little water left in the bilge after a week of boating should not pose a problem. If the boat is on a trailer one can raise the bow and remove the drain plug or if it is moored one can use a towel to absorb it. The design of the bilge pump does not allow it to evacuate all of the water from the bilge. The pump has a grill which keeps debris from interfering with the impeller. When the grill is completely submerged water will be pumped out but when the grill is exposed the pump suction is broken and air will be drawn through.

Bayliner Customer Service

 

[Zoob]

Re: Bilge Water?

As my old-timey neighbor told me just tonight, "It's a boat, they leak." Mine is permanently floating in the water (it's fiber) and the bilge gets a little damp. Never enough for my bilge pump to kick in, though. It evaporates in the hot sun faster than wherever it's squeaking in from (I suspect the drain-plug screw area).