2000 Rinker Captiva water under floor locker floor itself

[littleape]

I have a 2000 Rinker Captiva 192 and wondering how well the floor locker is supposed to drain. There's no water on the locker floor itself where the carpet is, but there's a 1inch round opening in the floor that goes under even further and I can see water under there. Sticking my finger in there I can feel probably 3/4" of water.

Boat is on a trailer now, I can raise the bow enough that all water drains from the bilge via the drain plug but that's not enough to drain whatever is under the ski locker floor itself. No idea where the drain passage from the bilge to that location is.

Any info would be appreciated

 

[xanthras]

I would think that a bulkhead between the gas tank and bilge are not setup as a continuous path for it to drain all the way to the bilge, and the lip is not allowing it all out. Is there an access panel or deck plate to the tank are you can look in? Maybe you could dry it up from there? These manufacturers seem to overlook these little details.... Someone might have a better idea. I had a similar issue with my ski locker floor. I cut in an deck plate and dried it as needed.

 

[littleape]

I have not seen any access panels, nothing obvious. I guess I could use a shop vac to suck it out through the 1" opening.

Maybe I'm not getting it angled enough to drain out. When I max out the trailer jack the engine bay floor is at about 3 degrees. Swim platform will not drain at this angle. I already have the jack sitting on some lumber to counter the driveway angle.

 

[xanthras]

Yea fighting a driveway angle will make things tough. Maybe you should take the plug out and trail it up some big hills.

One could probably argue that if the water is not making contact with any wood surfaces that the impact would be minimal. Though, I would prefer a 100% dry boat after reading some of the stories on here.

 

[littleape]

Yeap, she's getting ready to be put away for winter and I want it dry dry dry

Will try adding another piece of lumber under the jack, just looks freaky not sure how far she can tilt without tipping backwards, or is that physically not possible before hitting the outdrive hmmm.

 

[Chris51280]

Mine is the same way. The put a hole in the ski locker to drain down. It is supposed to go underneath the tank to the bilge. Mine is full with foam though and waterlogged because it could not drain. rotted out the bulkhead between the ski locker and gas tank. I tried vacuuming it out but water keeps coming back from the saturated foam. I'm sure it it is 500lbs heavier because of it now. I'm rebuilding mine

 

[littleape]

Mine is the same way. The put a hole in the ski locker to drain down. It is supposed to go underneath the tank to the bilge. Mine is full with foam though and waterlogged because it could not drain. rotted out the bulkhead between the ski locker and gas tank. I tried vacuuming it out but water keeps coming back from the saturated foam. I'm sure it it is 500lbs heavier because of it now. I'm rebuilding mine

Yeah I don't think we're in the same boat here Different boat, 10 year age difference and the surface under my ski locker floor where the water is sitting is not foam/wood, it has resin coating.

 

[jbcurt00]

Different boat, but probably the same problem.....

the structure supporting the 'floor' of the boat (a deck) and the 'floor' of the locker, surrounding the area you feel water, which probably the bottom interior side of the exterior hull, is likely made of wood covered w glass and in contact w flotation foam.

its the way nearly every boat is built, so even from a different maker or a different model/year from same maker, likely same or very similar problem.

either the weep/limber holes back to the bilge from that area are plugged by debris or have been filled w float foam since it was built, or both.

if your locker has a drain hole, the maker intended that water to go somewhere after it went thru that hole, and it isnt...

tilt the outdrive up as high as you can, and the boat/trailer as high as you can safely and see if it drains out at any water. Leave for a period of time.... then lower boat, leave it be for a bit and then check again.

may need to lift tongue lots more then the jack and a couple 2X4 or 4X4s would... make sure boat is well strapped to traiker and trailer tires are well chocked.....

 

[littleape]

Added another 4x4 to the jack and a good amount of water came out. There's definitely a passage from under the locker floor towards the stern, was able to push something through the opening in the floor towards the stern.

I think if the boat was sitting in the water it would drain by itself, especially at takeoff. Doing it on a trailer with driveway incline working against you is iffy.

 

[Woodonglass]

Just because the wood parts of your boat are resin coated. doesn't ensure that they can't get water logged. Factory glass work is NOT optimum. She's 18 years old and unless you've owned her for all her life... I'd recommend doing a much more thorough inspection of the deck, stringers and transom. Water is NOT intended to be below deck