Just to share a recent experience. I have a 2013 Z1. Typically our bilge is completely dry. In fact I have been known to brag about it on occasion until the day it wasn’t. If I had to guess I was getting about a gallon of water after a days trip. So I went through the boat with a fine tooth comb and found seven leaks! I would say six of them were so minor that they didn’t contribute to the pooling of water in the bilge.
Both bow lights were leaking. Not that they are normally under water but when weighted and idling through some rollers they can definitely get wet. The bow port side ballast drain pump was leaking bad from the drain hose. The water intake for the engine had a leak along with two of the ballast fill pumps. These were easy to fix.
However, the main leak was coming from the port side sub floor hard tank. There was a large crack on the fitting on the tank itself. I pulled the tank. Tige wanted $350 for a replacement tank. Considering this is a boat I thought that to be cheap. LOL. It looked easy enough to repair on my own but I took it to a local shop to do the repair since I had never done one before. I double hose clamped everything I could that was under the floor just as a precaution. Especially since our bow pump was already leaking at the hose. I always wanted to see what the hard tank looked like and I finally got to see it. I hope to never see it again. LOL.
We took it out this weekend and all was dry again. Hopefully the repair lasts a while and I hope that the other hard tank hangs in there.
We still enjoy the boat and had a great time this past weekend.
Both bow lights were leaking. Not that they are normally under water but when weighted and idling through some rollers they can definitely get wet. The bow port side ballast drain pump was leaking bad from the drain hose. The water intake for the engine had a leak along with two of the ballast fill pumps. These were easy to fix.
However, the main leak was coming from the port side sub floor hard tank. There was a large crack on the fitting on the tank itself. I pulled the tank. Tige wanted $350 for a replacement tank. Considering this is a boat I thought that to be cheap. LOL. It looked easy enough to repair on my own but I took it to a local shop to do the repair since I had never done one before. I double hose clamped everything I could that was under the floor just as a precaution. Especially since our bow pump was already leaking at the hose. I always wanted to see what the hard tank looked like and I finally got to see it. I hope to never see it again. LOL.
We took it out this weekend and all was dry again. Hopefully the repair lasts a while and I hope that the other hard tank hangs in there.
We still enjoy the boat and had a great time this past weekend.