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Post by Deleted on Apr 30, 2012 7:50:46 GMT -6
The water is flowing thru the hole at the bottom of the anchor locker, but it never come out the bildge. I can't get it to drain, it just keeps filling up the front of the boat. The rod locker is draining into the bildge and out the back of the boat, but the anchor locker is not. Where is it going and how do I get it out? Any suggestions are appreciated.
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Post by Deleted on May 9, 2012 11:41:53 GMT -6
I bet the drain hole in the wall in front of the gas tank is glassed over as it was in my 186 DC.
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Post by Deleted on May 21, 2012 21:15:15 GMT -6
Looks like everyone has seen this problem. My 2001 210WA had it and with a cordless drill and a few choice words the problem was solved. Probably took longer than most due to the fact I have an I/O.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 6, 2013 18:17:04 GMT -6
Hate to open up a old thread but I have been playing with this problem for about 2 days and I have been able to blow air in the hole and see bubbles in the water on the other side of the stringer, and a little bit of foul water drains. I have used a 12in bit and got a small fraction of glass. Should I use a bit that is 14in like blazer used? Any help would be appreciated.
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Post by clydo on Jun 1, 2014 5:46:06 GMT -6
Hey guys.. i just saw this posting and hoping this is my problem! Just need to know the best way to fix it.. if i drill a hole through the bildge area wall do you leave the drill hole or repair it? Where would the glassed over drains be?? I just bought this boat from a private party and it sits extremely low in the water in the stern over the side scupper/drains and over the pin stripe. I didn't see it during the water test because we put it in a lake and not tied up to a dock and didn't look over the side while test driving. Here are some pics.. a full description on how to find out if i have water and then fixing and Patching up the area?? Would be so helpful and make me feel better about buying this boat.. also if the water has been trapped in there for a while could it have waterlogged the foam core or caused a serious mold issue?? I bet it has been in there a while if it is in there. The old owner said he didn't realize it sat low. (Ignorance). Said maybe it is because i have a full tank of gas!
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Post by clydo on Jun 1, 2014 9:34:22 GMT -6
Does anyone have a picture of what a normal drain should look like in the corners of the bilge area? Mine doesn't appear to have any drains.. thinking this is why my boat is so heavy in the stern.. so water must be trapped. But also where is the water coming in from? If the foam is soaked from the water being in their for so long a major problem? Does it dry out or do i need to somehow replace the foam?
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Post by Simple Man on Jun 1, 2014 10:39:29 GMT -6
There are some post on this topic with before and after pics. Unfortunately, I an on third world internet and can't see pics to help you find them.
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Post by clydo on Jun 1, 2014 10:53:03 GMT -6
do you mean people that fixed it and it help raise the boat? Wish i could find that post... would love to know what they did to resolve it.
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Post by qlake on Jun 1, 2014 11:07:36 GMT -6
This pic is looking towards the stern from the cockpit into my bilge area. The spotlight is focused on a drain hole that was fiberglassed over at the factory! I had been seeing water coming in from above the bilge bulkhead when the boat rocked and wondered what where it was coming from. I reached back into the bilge access(over where you see the floor drain scuppers go through the hull) and found about 20 gallons of water that had no apparent way to drain. Once I figured out how the other side drained, it was evident that there was supposed to also be a drain hole where I have the spotlight focused. It just took a small drill hole to confirm that water wanted to come out, and a bigger drill hole to let more water out and a 7/8 paddle bit to open it up all the way. It's nice to fix a problem that I did not create for once. Anyway, I hope someone benefits from this. Check to make sure you don't have any plugged drains caused by some sloppy application at the factory. This post.
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Post by Simple Man on Jun 1, 2014 14:29:58 GMT -6
do you mean people that fixed it and it help raise the boat? Wish i could find that post... would love to know what they did to resolve it. I don't know about raising the boat but provided drainage to areas that were holding water. Looks like qlake found a post for you. You need to make sure your drains are free but I'm gonna go out on a limb here and say trapped water isn't causing your boat the sit stern low. It's a good starting point though.
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Post by clydo on Jun 1, 2014 14:57:17 GMT -6
What else could be weighing it down besides water?
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Post by Simple Man on Jun 2, 2014 12:53:59 GMT -6
I guess 20-25 gallons of water would add a couple hundred lbs. that coupled with a heavy four stroke and perhaps some poor weight distribution could cause it. Try checking for and removing all water from the entire hull. Also see about possibly moving some weight forward.
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Post by yolo on Jun 2, 2014 13:41:41 GMT -6
My boat has been listing starboard since i got it and i could never figure out why! Even when im staning at the helm on the port side i still have the starboard list. I cannot wait to get out of work and run down to the dock to see if this is the problem! I remember this happening when i had my 206cc and coming across it by accident but never put two and two together until today.
Thanks very much for the post, huge help!
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Post by Weaverama on Jun 20, 2014 19:57:54 GMT -6
Hey guys,
I am the original poster of this thread and those pics in the first three posts. Since that post in Sept. 2011 I have had to replace the 75 gallon fuel cell in that same 206cc. It required tearing out the floor to access the tank. It can't be removed by lifting out the center console. So, when the floor was removed it was pretty evident that other drain holes were blocked since water was hung up in most every "cell" created by the stringers. It was solved by drilling out the drain holes so they were large enough to not simply get clogged with leaf litter or other crappage that might get in there. It was pretty surprising!
This isn't the greatest news for those who might suspect additional water is weighing them down but I found about 20 or so gallons of water hung up in the stringers under the deck. Stunk like hell. No way to get at it short of tearing out the floor. The good news is that the stringers were not saturated and there was no permanent damage.
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Post by Weaverama on Jun 21, 2014 7:56:07 GMT -6
After lifting the center console and trying to remove the tank from there (and determine it could not be done), the floor was cut from just in front of the rear live wells up to a cut under the center console. The cuts were made in the floor "seam" where there is no, non-slip diamond plate. I am going to assume that the most of the Sea Pro center consoles had a similar pattern in the floor; take a look for the flat seams within the diamond plating running from the rear corners of the center console and towards the stern and it will make logical sense on where I cut the floor to lift that fuel cell straight up and out. The shop did a great job glassing the deck back in and matching the color and only painted the cut seams. It was a little brighter than the surrounding white floor but after an awesome spring Rockfish (striper) season on the Chesapeake, a little fish blood seems to have blended everything back to the same.
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Post by Weaverama on Aug 27, 2014 18:10:50 GMT -6
Bump to top for you guys.. Seems that there is a new post asking about drilling out glassed in holes. Thought this might help.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 15, 2014 13:44:57 GMT -6
I had the very same problem port side on my 206. I, too, drilled out the hole where I saw a little water seeping and it helped. If you remove the rod holder on the affected side, you can hold a camera back in as far as you can reach and take a picture, which is what I did. Hope you can see something, but it should explain why you stick a rod in 12" and hit solid. You can see how much water was being held in the space by the scum lines. in the picture, left is the center of the boat, and the bilge where I drilled from.
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Post by acdaddy0 on Oct 15, 2014 14:38:53 GMT -6
A sharpened straight piece of clothes hanger wire will drill thru light glass and foam nut you'd have to lean on it to make it go thru hull.
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Post by acdaddy0 on Oct 15, 2014 14:48:30 GMT -6
A friend of mine with a 180DC said he had the whole top section of his boat lifted off and resealed as he was getting water splashing in under rub rail into bilge. He was vague and I was in a hurry and didn't have him elaborate on procedure. Will ask him next time I see him but is that possible. You'd have to remove motor and rub rails. Would be expensive but you'd see every detail under there then.
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