Taking on water

[Fish For Food]

I have a 1990 Sea Nymph Sport Fisher that tends to take on water. Is there an easy way to find out where the water is coming from and how to fix it? It seems to take on water when I have more weight it.

[rebs]

you could park it in a dry place and flood the hull with a garden hose and then see where it leaks out

rebs

[NWBuck]

Had the same problem on an Alumacraft. I blamed motor mount bolts, holes for transducers, etc. Then I did exactly what reb described and quickly found 2 leaky rivets about straight down from the windshield. A tip though...don't leave your boat hooked to your tow vehicle when you do this, as it can tend to keep the front end too high. When I first flooded mine with water I had probably 50+ gallons of water in it and hadn't found the leak. When I unhooked it and dropped the front end the water ran forward and the bad rivets were revealed. The leak appeared much slower than the amount of water the boat took on, but when you think about weght pushing down against the water, it makes perfect sense that it would run in much faster than it would run out. Good luck.

NWBuck

[Fish For Food]

How did you fix the leak?

[NWBuck]

Traded the boat on a new Lund :)

NWBuck