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	Name:	jethrok -
	Subject:	Older Fiberglass Bass Boat
	Date:	9/2/2004 6:03:01 PM

Feb,
Was having the same problem on a fishing boat in the late eighties. The leak was slow and I could never find it. One day I was fishing up front while the wife was soaking up some sun in the back. She calmly asked "Was all this water supose to be in the boat?". It was 10 inches deep!!!

I quickly took off up the lake hoping to make it back to the ramp. At a high speed I noticed the water going down. I slowed and asked the wife to take over. Opening one of the back compartment I could see where the pump that draws water into the live well had broken. I plugged the intake hole in transon and we stayed on the lake a few more hours.

I say all of this to say check the pump. At the time my boat was new. I guess it was installed with a hairline crack. After replacing it, I never had the water problem again.

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