Serious proof of the ConvexV hull!

[IDBoating]

Winterizing the engine dumped quite a bit of water into the bilge, so in preparation for storage I took the 24Ve for a drive today - up the steepest hills I could find. We live on the side of a hill and we have some seriously steep roads in our neighborhood.

While driving I watched the road behind the trailer, and sure enough when I started up steep inclines there was a nice trail of water on the pavement. When I got back to my house I was confident all the water was out.

Except... when I checked the bilge (trailer level and hitched to the truck), there was still an amazing amount of water back there. Enough to pool all the way forward up to the front of the v-drive. I finally used my shop vac to get it all out.

Amazing water retention. The stern drain plug is almost unnecessary (if I ever had enough water to reach that plug I'd be seriously worried).

[Joeprunc]

There is a lot of water in the block and a relatively small drain hole, next time you do that, park on the hill and verify that all the water was drained. I usually use a high lift after draining the block, and I remove the drain plug that is just in front of the ski pylon too(not sure if the Ve has a second drain plug).

With all that water down there, I'd make sure your hull is nice and dry before wrapping her up for the winter .

[IDBoating]

There is a lot of water in the block and a relatively small drain hole

Size of the hole isn't the issue - its location relative to the low point in the hull is the problem. A great deal of water can pool in the hull before it gets high enough to reach the bottom of the drain hole.

next time you do that, park on the hill and verify that all the water was drained. I usually use a high lift after draining the block

I did, presuming it was enough slope. When it wasn't, I took the drive mentioned above that tilted the boat a lot as it climbed some very steep roads around here. Even that wasn't enough.

I remove the drain plug that is just in front of the ski pylon too(not sure if the Ve has a second drain plug).

No second plug.

With all that water down there, I'd make sure your hull is nice and dry before wrapping her up for the winter.

That's the reason I used the shop vac! {grin}

[talltigeguy]

Many boats have the lowest point in the hull in the center, including mine. I have a forward drain in my boat in fact.

Unfortunately, Tige is constructed such that a forward drain hole is apparently impossible to have on the V-drives. I always found this to be annoying on my 05 24V. I would usually just leave it open and it will eventually evaporate out. It did help to go to the steepest hill I could find, park on the hill, jack the tongue up on the trailer, and I could get most of it out. (I would keep the boat attached to the hitch so I didn't have to worry about the boat rolling away, and I could get a good 6 inches of rise out of the front on top of the angle of the hill).

[Ewok]

So far I have been lucky when pulling the boat out of the water that NO ONE is on the water. So I park on the steepest slope of the ramp and let all the water drain out, it takes about 10 min, including waiting for the cooler to drain into the bilge and for the bilge to drain out the drain hole. When you say you parked it on a steep hill how long did you leave it parked there? Open up the engine hatch and verify as well that the water in the bilge is drained before going away from that hill. It takes longer than most would think because of the rocker on the convexV hull.

Also, before I put the boat on the trailer, I drive the boat around at the highest bow angle I can get, Taps at 8 or just full up, about 9-10 mph, just before the boat starts to plane out, and I hit the empty buttons on the ballast and I turn on the bilge pump. That does pretty well to get as much water out of the boat as possible so there isn't much in the bilge to drain.

I know the second paragraph does not help when winterizing, just my techniques on bilge water management.

[Paublo]

I had the same problem on my previous 22V, but my current SAN 210 has a drain in front of the V-drive that is accessed from a small hatch in the floor under the seat across the back. You have to lift the seat up (it is reversible), pull up the back end of the snap down carpet and open a latched door in the floor. It also is access for the 3 intakes for the ballast pumps and the engine cooling water intake. Each has a ball valve and the drain has a t-handle. Very helpful to have the access and it drains everything.

[IDBoating]

my current SAN 210 has a drain in front of the V-drive that is accessed from a small hatch in the floor under the seat across the back.

A used 2005-ish Tige 22i that I looked at had a mid-hull drain like that. It was weird looking down in the engine compartment and being able to see the garage floor below.

[IDBoating]

So I park on the steepest slope of the ramp and let all the water drain out

Some of the roads I drove on yesterday morning are at least as steep, and possibly steeper, than most boat ramps. Still didn't get it all out.

Shop Vac to the rescue. It's the fastest way to be certain to get ALL of the water out.

[robert theisen]

at our boat ramp it has a steep hill that flattens off imediately. i pull the truck on the flat which jacks up the tounge while the boat is down hill and that works fine. then we put 4 damp rid containers in all compartments of the boat. it works great no moisture problem.

[91Terminator]

We have been ordering all our boats with center drain plugs down by the v drive its not not possible to have a center drain in a tige it just isn't standard. you can add one to your 24ve if it is necessary.

[Bakes5]

My 98 2200v has a mid hull plug. That's all I use. Never used the one in back

[chadster2]

I think that is the mistake I made that lead to my steering cable going bad after the 2nd year! 2 problems came togeather! I don't see why that cable has to be in a place that has only enough room for water to sit. I was surprised to learn how easy it was to have water living in that little place. After a good day the inside of the boat will drip into "that place" for days!

[IDBoating]

We have been ordering all our boats with center drain plugs down by the v drive its not not possible to have a center drain in a tige it just isn't standard. you can add one to your 24ve if it is necessary.

I'm not concerned, my shop vac dries it out nicely for winterization. The rest of the year I'm not worried about a little water down there.

Thanks!

[talltigeguy]

I think that is the mistake I made that lead to my steering cable going bad after the 2nd year! 2 problems came togeather! I don't see why that cable has to be in a place that has only enough room for water to sit. I was surprised to learn how easy it was to have water living in that little place. After a good day the inside of the boat will drip into "that place" for days!

The steering cable is not going to rust unless water gets into it from either end. you could submerge the mid portion all year and it wouldn't cause a problem. But when you let that water accumulate, then every time you start and stop, the water sloshes back to the back of the boat and submerges the linkage to the rudder, and water seeps in when you turn the wheel.

[laserfish]

On my 2000 21v we have the center drain plug. It is the only one we use and the only one that will completely drain the bilge. Wonder when they stopped installing these?