How to deal with little water in the hull?

[zippy83]

Hi All,

I was wondering how to deal with a little water in the hull after a day of fishing. We are talking about very little water (20oz or less), at a very steep boat ramp there isnt enough water in the hull to be drained through the drain hole...

Any suggestions?
Thanks

 

[Alumarine]

Is the water in the bilge at the back of the boat or in some other part of the hull?
What type of boat?

 

[airshot]

Yes....what type of boat and where the water is will make a big difference. I have an aluminum hull and yes there is a little water in the back that the bilge pump does not suck out but so what....it doesn't harm the aluminum at all. At the end of the season I clean the bilge and suck out what is left with the shop vac before winter storage. Now if you have a glass boat, then I would be more inclined to remove the water after each outing to prevent saturation of the glass hull. Best info I can give for the info I have.

 

[zippy83]

It is a 1995 Lowe 1605 deep V hull aluminum. The water is in the back by the bilge pump. I usually take a towel and get the water out like that. It is very little water so I only have to donit once. Then I takenit outside to air dry

 

[rengnath]

I use a shop vac to remove water in my bilge that won't go through the drain hole. I rarely ever pull the plug because the bilge has to have a decent amount of water in it to even drain and it's stored inside so water accumulation from rain isn't a concern. I'm pretty picky about keeping the bilge clean and dry so if there is any water in the boat when I put away in the garage, I vacuum it out.