Hi all been a while actually 3 boats ago last time i asked questions. always get great answers here.
Inherited a 1986 sun tracker party barge 24 ft. it is in the water at a dock in utah from may to oct each year (for the last 15 years) This year i pulled it out early to do some engine maintenance., and noticed a water swishing noise when i stopped suddenly, the noise was coming from the port side middle (or center toon log.) I read up on how to pressure check the logs and built a jig to pressurize the chamber to approx. 5 lbs. found three pin holed in the nose cone log where the spray diffuser fin was rewelded on at some time in the past. See pics. I had two vent holes in the top of each toon one in the rear one in the middle but none up on the nose cone or chamber. i used some windshield fluid wiper hose with a small weight to go down the 3/8 vent holes pulled out 3 qts out of the middle toon and thought it was empty but when i pulled the trailer forward and stopped quick it sounded like the port nose cone was still sloshing water . problem there is no vent hole for the nose cone to pump the water out. i tried tilting the trailer 15 degrees up and 15 degrees down using the fwd vent hole ad the vacuum line but no water cane out. i know there are baffles in the logs but i cant get the water to move out of the front nose cone section.
Inherited a 1986 sun tracker party barge 24 ft. it is in the water at a dock in utah from may to oct each year (for the last 15 years) This year i pulled it out early to do some engine maintenance., and noticed a water swishing noise when i stopped suddenly, the noise was coming from the port side middle (or center toon log.) I read up on how to pressure check the logs and built a jig to pressurize the chamber to approx. 5 lbs. found three pin holed in the nose cone log where the spray diffuser fin was rewelded on at some time in the past. See pics. I had two vent holes in the top of each toon one in the rear one in the middle but none up on the nose cone or chamber. i used some windshield fluid wiper hose with a small weight to go down the 3/8 vent holes pulled out 3 qts out of the middle toon and thought it was empty but when i pulled the trailer forward and stopped quick it sounded like the port nose cone was still sloshing water . problem there is no vent hole for the nose cone to pump the water out. i tried tilting the trailer 15 degrees up and 15 degrees down using the fwd vent hole ad the vacuum line but no water cane out. i know there are baffles in the logs but i cant get the water to move out of the front nose cone section.
