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Re: Is it common for a livewell to to drain through the boat's rear drain plug? here
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Re: Is it common for a livewell to to drain through the boat's rear drain plug? here
Not exactly sure I understand your question, Les. Every livewell I've owned or operated had it's own drain to the outside, well above the waterline. Many had overflow drains that also discharged above the waterline. Are you saying the livewell drains into the bilge and then drains when you remove your hull drain plug? That would not be good.
when you buy a used boat you inherit the previous owner's "improvements" as well as broken or disconnected features. If he used the livewell just for ice or storage he may not have cared that clean water accumulated in the bilge. more
Re: Is it common for a livewell to to drain through the boat's rear drain plug? more
Old blood, guts and scales clogging up your bilge pump when you most need it one thing. An old squid, trapped "somewhere" in the bilge, is something altogether different. uke: more
The side outlet is the bilge pump outlet. Don't plug. The one in the back with the screen is the livewell intake. I guess you could plug that. The third is the bilge drain. That should already be plugged. more
Verify bilge pump and float switch operation prior to leaving it for long periods. It also wouldn't hurt to let it sit a few hours and monitor the amount of water in the bilge. Old fittings can leak. more
[Edit] - By "plug" I assume you mean with a drain-type plug? If instead you mean permanently close the through-holes associated with the livewell, I don't know that I'd do that. What if you want to sell the boat? The 1720 is a fishing machine. It'd be less-so with the livewell deleted.
So I crank the boat back on the trailer, pull up in the parking lot to let the water run out, and then search for the drain plug so I can install it. I keep several extra of these inexpensive plugs in the truck and the boat, so the search won’t be too difficult. more
There are lots of boating checklists out there. “Install drain plug” is usually the first item. Sometimes second and third, too. You just can’t remind yourself enough. There are many horror stories about this. More than once I have gotten the boat partly off the trailer and noticed water pouring in the back. Gee, where’s that water coming from? Drain plug! Oh, no. I forgot. more
There’s a flip side to this, of course. Taking the drain plug out can be just as important. For those boats that aren’t self-bailing–and there are many such–a rainstorm can fill the boat with water as the boat sits on a trailer in your driveway. Been there–done that–not good.
Except for my last late-season trip up to the lake. Boat all loaded, rods rigged, sandwiches in the cooler, and ready to launch. Okay, where’s the drain plug? Search high and low. Can’t find one. Thus unable to launch, haul the boat back home. Drain plug on kitchen counter where I left it. Bummed out at my own stupidity. I say to hell with it and go rake leaves instead. here
Maybe I'm just the one thinking worst case scenario, but, Are you SURE it was just the livewells? you said your motor needed a tune up, and there was a lot of water when you pulled the plug. Are you sure your motor just wasn't bogging out because the amount of water in your boat under the deck? [links]
I think your problem might be somewhere else and you maybe you just have a leak, livewells almost always drain over board and the inlet is on the back of the boat so you can't fill them underway.
If not, they will fill up to the floatation level, which is normal.
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