Water in bilge that will not come out.

[What she said]

My RZ2 always has water in the bilge. I will pull the plug on the ramp and very little will ever come out. I will leave it out for the ride home, but there is always water in the bilge. Maybe this shouldnt bother me but it realy does! Anybody have a fix for this other than finding a steeper ramp? Im thinking about putting a drain in the bottom of the boat that i can reach from the rear transmission access panel. Thoughts?

[Ewok]

Most if not all tige boats have this problem due to the convex shape of the hull, because the lowest point of the hull is closer to the helm as the boat sits on the trailer. I have a relatively steep hill in my neighborhood that I park my boat on sunday night before I put it back in the garage. Some guys here also lift up the floor and use a shopvac to get the last little bit of water out.

Many other ski boats have a drain plug at the low point in the hull, not the stern, and I'm thinking about putting one in myself.

[WakerideN]

Some guys here also lift up the floor and use a shopvac to get the last little bit of water out.

Many other ski boats have a drain plug at the low point in the hull, not the stern, and I'm thinking about putting one in myself.

X2. I agree on this... I even took my floor jack and raised the boat to get it to drain back.. I think the placement of the bilge pump in the very back on the RZ4 is almost useless. I use a suck up pump to get mine out. last time I did it I removed almost 8 gallons... and the pump was in the back sitting dry..

think bottom drain near the gas tank is about the only way like ewok states... think to get at least some out i will move my bilge pump this winter.

[skippabcool]

I thought about moving the bilge but decided not to because it would have to sit in water that was about 2 inches deep before it will kick on. There may be a lot of water in there but it is not really deep it just runs up to the front of the boat, at least on my boat.

[WakerideN]

I thought about moving the bilge but decided not to because it would have to sit in water that was about 2 inches deep before it will kick on. There may be a lot of water in there but it is not really deep it just runs up to the front of the boat, at least on my boat.

thoughts on the this? is there a downside to it sitting in water? just curious. well of course before I move mine..hahah want to know.

[hunter2010]

What I do that seems to work is at the end of the day on the way to the launch I will slow down to about 8-9mph and get the bow good and high and manually turn the bilge pump on through the Tige Touch. I never have water left in the hull and never worry about pulling the plug. Has worked good on my RZR, RZ2 and Z3, can't see why it wouldn't work on all others.

[What she said]

Hunter2010 i do that 8-10mph trick also, but when i lefted the floor in the boat for the first time there was still alot of water in there...
The down side to water in the bilge is mold, bugs, my steering cable is laying in water also, and im sure there are more reasons.
Lifting the floor to wet vac is a pain in the you know what.

[Ewok]

What I do that seems to work is at the end of the day on the way to the launch I will slow down to about 8-9mph and get the bow good and high and manually turn the bilge pump on through the Tige Touch. I never have water left in the hull and never worry about pulling the plug. Has worked good on my RZR, RZ2 and Z3, can't see why it wouldn't work on all others.

I do the same thing, taps at 8 to get the bow up, but there will still be some water the bilge pump cannot get out. If you lift up the floor and look in the holes in the gas tank I bet you will see some water there.

[whitlock87]

After I unhook the trailer, I jack the tongue up about 20” and let it sit till the next day, than I lower back down.

[What she said]

Ewok i will try and bump the taps up to get more of that water out.

[TigeTrojan]

Best solution it to get a DD. That place where all the water is sitting in your boat. . . I have a drain plug there.

[houstonshark]

I've also noticed that I seem to always have water in the bilge even when we don't take on any rollers. The last time out while I was backing the trailer down to load the boat up a friend who was driving the boat onto the trailer opened up the floor hatch and noticed that one of the ballast pumps had a really bad leak and was pouring water.

According to him, based on his experience with the 4 different V-Drive boats he's owned for the last 10 years or so, the bilge should remain relatively dry unless you take on water. He's never owned a Tige.

[talltigeguy]

Your bilge is supposed to be dry other than what you bring in on your swimsuits or over the bow.

Leaking ballast is a bane of all wakeboats, and it is pretty hard to maintain a 100% leak free ballast system with multiple sacks/tanks etc.

The deepest point on my malibu is also in the front of the boat. I think due to stringer configuration, Tige can't really put an access hatch in the floor next to the driver on most models, but I might be mistaken. This would be really nice.

I don't think old water in the bilge ever hurt any boat. But it bugs me too.

[Moki]

...I have a relatively steep hill in my neighborhood that I park my boat on sunday night before I put it back in the garage...

This is what I do as well, find a steep hill.

[Nobody]

Best solution it to get a DD. That place where all the water is sitting in your boat. . . I have a drain plug there.

X2! DD = double drain.