bluegrasser
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Hello all...
I have been dealing with a weird situation since I bought this boat 1+ months ago. It has a factory installed floor:
As you can see it's got quite an interesting hull shape:
But the floor is flat:
They are riveted panels of aluminum over... well, I don't know what they're sitting on top of.
They make a good bit of "crinkling" noise as I walk over them. That doesn't bother me eventually I'm going to have carpet on top.
HERE'S MY CONCERN:
A few weeks ago I filled the boat up with several inches of water, maybe even half a foot. I tested for leaks and found none. Great. However, it CONTINUES to drain water to the back of the boat - weeks later!!!
I've got it pitched real steep in the garage so that everything runs to the back.
If I were more paranoid I would swear someone is sneaking in and ADDING water each day. I have a towel in the back next to the drain to sop it up.
Assuming that I do not have some kind of miraculous water-producing boat, I am guessing that there is some kind of old foam or something under that floor that soaked up a crap load of water when I did my test and is still SLOWLY releasing it.
Is that a good guess?
What is my peril with this situation. I would hope that eventually it WILL dry out. I really don't want to open the pandoras box of pulling up that riveted floor. That's way beyond my skill set.
If the boat does not leak and I don't purposefully fill it full of water again. all that old foam (or whatever) should be ok. right?
Well, fire away with thoughts. Thanks!
I have been dealing with a weird situation since I bought this boat 1+ months ago. It has a factory installed floor:
As you can see it's got quite an interesting hull shape:
But the floor is flat:
They are riveted panels of aluminum over... well, I don't know what they're sitting on top of.
They make a good bit of "crinkling" noise as I walk over them. That doesn't bother me eventually I'm going to have carpet on top.
HERE'S MY CONCERN:
A few weeks ago I filled the boat up with several inches of water, maybe even half a foot. I tested for leaks and found none. Great. However, it CONTINUES to drain water to the back of the boat - weeks later!!!
I've got it pitched real steep in the garage so that everything runs to the back.
If I were more paranoid I would swear someone is sneaking in and ADDING water each day. I have a towel in the back next to the drain to sop it up.
Assuming that I do not have some kind of miraculous water-producing boat, I am guessing that there is some kind of old foam or something under that floor that soaked up a crap load of water when I did my test and is still SLOWLY releasing it.
Is that a good guess?
What is my peril with this situation. I would hope that eventually it WILL dry out. I really don't want to open the pandoras box of pulling up that riveted floor. That's way beyond my skill set.
If the boat does not leak and I don't purposefully fill it full of water again. all that old foam (or whatever) should be ok. right?
Well, fire away with thoughts. Thanks!