Hey, all. I've been trailering my boat to/from the local lakes which meant I could wash it at home while it was on the trailer and let the water drain out of the bilge drain. This year we decided to splurge and rented a slip at a local marina. One thing I wasn't expecting is how quickly and how dirty the boat interior would get, even with a snap on cover on it and the slip being a covered slip. Bugs, dirt, dust...bug feces...
Anyway, we've got water and power hook ups at the slip and I was wondering if it was safe to go ahead and wash the interior and spray it down with a hose and let the bilge pump pump the water out? I did test the bilge pump before taking it down and leaving it in the slip by putting the plug in the transom and filling the bilge with water and it had no issues removing it all. Follow up question, what type of soap can I use to do this(if the consensus is that it is OK to do it, in the first place) that works and is environmentally safe to dump into the lake.
Anyway, we've got water and power hook ups at the slip and I was wondering if it was safe to go ahead and wash the interior and spray it down with a hose and let the bilge pump pump the water out? I did test the bilge pump before taking it down and leaving it in the slip by putting the plug in the transom and filling the bilge with water and it had no issues removing it all. Follow up question, what type of soap can I use to do this(if the consensus is that it is OK to do it, in the first place) that works and is environmentally safe to dump into the lake.
