Rated Aargh
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What’s an acceptable amount of water in your bilge? My boating experience tells me that there are some dry boats some wet boats. This is my first trawler a 34 double cabin. I do have a dripless PSS shaft seal that is dry just rebuilt it honestly. But in the bilge infront of the engine I get water in there and the bilge will pump 2-3x a week. It’s obviously not serious and I know the cycles because I have a counter installed on the pump. The rear shower would drain into the bilge if it was used which it hasn’t, the forward shower drains into a sump box that’s been replaced and all the hoses and hasn’t been used this year yet either.
I can’t rule out rain because it’s been hit or miss with the rain at the boat I don’t actually know how much it’s rained.
So how wet is your bilge? How frequent does your bilge pump run? Eventually I’ll find where it’s coming from but I haven’t had the time to crawl around with a flashlight yet and inspect every inch.
Any insight from experience on certain things too look at closely?
I can’t rule out rain because it’s been hit or miss with the rain at the boat I don’t actually know how much it’s rained.
So how wet is your bilge? How frequent does your bilge pump run? Eventually I’ll find where it’s coming from but I haven’t had the time to crawl around with a flashlight yet and inspect every inch.
Any insight from experience on certain things too look at closely?