Speed boat water ballast

No it is not. If left in there it will rot out the floor and stringers.

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Tony
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"h_copter" <h_copter.1kwo0d.TakeThisOut@news.boatbanter.com> wrote in message
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 > My Wave Rider Mustang 14' speed boat has alot of water beneath the
 > cockpit floor. Before I drill a hole to drain it out, please can anyone
 > tell me if it is supposed to be there as water ballast? Thanks
 >
 >
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  >>Uh, where do you plan to "drill a hole"?<<

I wuz kinda wondern' that myself....

--Mike

<gould0738 DeleteThis @aol.com> wrote in message
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 > Uh, where do you plan to "drill a hole"? I think Wil E. Coyote tried
 > that in a roadrunner cartoon- and the results were less than
 > satisfactory.
 >
 > Use a bilge pump instead, then watch carefully to see whether you can
 > detect where the water leaks in. (Could be rain water, depending how
 > the boat is stored).
 > Once that has been determined, you will want to undertake repairs.
 >
 > Your 14 boat almost certainly isn't an inboard, so you should ideally
 > have zero water in the bilge.
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On Thu, 24 Feb 2005 02:58:34 GMT, "mgg" <mike.RemoveThis@pacbell.net> wrote:

   >>>Uh, where do you plan to "drill a hole"?<<
 >
 >I wuz kinda wondern' that myself....

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True story follows: A friend of mine in Connecticut had a college kid
maintaining his 40 foot sailboat one summer. Friend gets a call one
afternoon from the kid explaining why there is now a bolt in the
shower sump. It seems the sump had not been fully draining, so our
maintenance hero decided to drill an additional drain hole - right
through the bottom of the boat as it turned out. Not quite knowing
what to do with the resulting artesian well, he tapped the hole for a
stainless machine screw, put some bedding compound on it, and called
my friend for further instruction.<!-- ~MESSAGE_AFTER~ -->
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LOL! At least he was smart enough to use a SS screw! <g>

--Mike

"Wayne.B" <waynebatrecdotboats DeleteThis @hotmail.com> wrote in message
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 > On Thu, 24 Feb 2005 02:58:34 GMT, "mgg" <mike DeleteThis @pacbell.net> wrote:
 >
   >>>>Uh, where do you plan to "drill a hole"?<<
  >>
  >>I wuz kinda wondern' that myself....
 >
 > ==================================
 >
 > True story follows: A friend of mine in Connecticut had a college kid
 > maintaining his 40 foot sailboat one summer. Friend gets a call one
 > afternoon from the kid explaining why there is now a bolt in the
 > shower sump. It seems the sump had not been fully draining, so our
 > maintenance hero decided to drill an additional drain hole - right
 > through the bottom of the boat as it turned out. Not quite knowing
 > what to do with the resulting artesian well, he tapped the hole for a
 > stainless machine screw, put some bedding compound on it, and called
 > my friend for further instruction.
 ><!-- ~MESSAGE_AFTER~ -->
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On Wed, 23 Feb 2005 10:03:04 +0000, h_copter
<h_copter.1kwo0d.TakeThisOut@news.boatbanter.com> wrote:

 >
 >My Wave Rider Mustang 14' speed boat has alot of water beneath the
 >cockpit floor. Before I drill a hole to drain it out, please can anyone
 >tell me if it is supposed to be there as water ballast? Thanks

It is a ballast. It helps the boat coner better.<!-- ~MESSAGE_AFTER~ -->
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