Sea Pro 206 with water in the fuel tank hold

[seapro206center]

I have a 2008 Sea Pro 206. My fuel tank started leaking so I cut out the floor and removed the fuel tank. The area where the tank sits has about 6 inches of water in it. The bottom of the fuel tank has barnacles growing on it. I found a hole at the front and three along the bottom middle of the hull. As I was bailing out the water, water was coming in from the front hole and the middle bottom hole. I can't figure out how the water is supposed to drain. I've heard Sea Pro is notorious for glassing over drain holes. The bilge is completely dry and the outsides of the stringers also look dry. I looked around in the bilge and I can't find any drain holes going into it. It's looks perfectly gel coated in and looks brand new inside almost like water has never been in there.

[seapro206center]

After the hold was empty I stuck the hose down the middle hole. I filled that tank twice before my pump broke. I ordered a new pump. It will be interesting to see how much water I get out of it.

Hopefully someone knows why it's not draining. 

[acdaddy0]

Seems like there should be a drain chase under the middle holes to the bilge? Not sure. Seapro has been known to accidentally fill drain passages I’ve found.

I’ll post these up for you.

[seapro206center]

I agree, I would like to be sure before I go drilling a hole. Hopefully someone has one that has the limber hole and can take a picture of it.

[gnrphil]

On mine there is a drain hole at the bottom of the bulkhead between the bilge area and the tank, the design did change a bit in 2008 so yours may be different.

[seapro206center]

I figured out that the water collects in the hull under the center console area. With the water drained in the fuel tank hold I still had two inches of water in front of it. I have no idea how Sea Pro figure that water would ever get out. They have the cup holder drains and the center console drain going into this area. I have installed an access hatch inside the center console and plan to just suck out the water periodically. I thought about adding a front bilge pump, but it would have two or three inches of water before it would turn on and I don't want my tank sitting in water.

If you own one, I would be pulling the drain cover off inside the center console and sticking something around 2-3 feet long down there until it hit the hull and pull it out and see if you also have water just sitting there. Any more than 2 inches and your tank will probably be sitting in water like mine was.