Check your boats if they are outside in CA: Just went to check my boat in outside storage. It is covered and bungeed down. Part of the cover was holding about 30 gallons of water. I...

FishermanLeeSonoma

Just went to check my boat in outside storage. It is covered and bungeed down. Part of the cover was holding about 30 gallons of water. I was able to bail it our and properly cover boat and adjust so hopefully it doesn't happen again but I didn't think it would happen in the first place.... Could have been worse!!

So please check for your own piece of mind!!!

Sport Loc: Sacramento county north. California

FishermanLeeSonoma wrote:

Just went to check my boat in outside storage. It is covered and bungeed down. Part of the cover was holding about 30 gallons of water. I was able to bail it our and properly cover boat and adjust so hopefully it doesn't happen again but I didn't think it would happen in the first place.... Could have been worse!!

So please check for your own piece of mind!!!

Be sure to drain it completely also before you launch. A raised floor can conceal a lot of rainwater.

woodguru Loc: El Dorado Ca

Sport wrote:

Be sure to drain it completely also before you launch. A raised floor can conceal a lot of rainwater.

My friend went to move his 25 foot boat, and said he needed to air up the tires...not, he had water to the top of the sides, the inboard V-8 was toast...

Nook Loc: Vacaville CA

FishermanLeeSonoma wrote:

So please check for your own piece of mind!!!

Make sure there isn't something anchoring it down too so it floats when the storage area floods tomorrow. ...
Yeah, not really, but they say the Napa might flood with the rain coming tomorrow and Tuesday!
Been a long time since we've heard those warnings.

Fredfish Loc: Prospect CT.

woodguru wrote:

My friend went to move his 25 foot boat, and said he needed to air up the tires...not, he had water to the top of the sides, the inboard V-8 was toast...

Always leave the plug out when on land.

Grizzly 17 Loc: South central Pa

Fredfish wrote:

Always leave the plug out when on land.

Always n with the nose up just enough 👍 also check drain hole now n then to make sure debris hasn't clogged it

Gordon Loc: Charleston South Carolina

If your bilge holds any water put some PET friendly anti freeze in it so the bilge pump and live well pumps won't break from freezing.

FishermanLeeSonoma

Thanks for all the additional good advice. Except for the anti freeze all is done!!! Thanks again!

Foodfisher Loc: SO. Cal coast

woodguru wrote:

My friend went to move his 25 foot boat, and said he needed to air up the tires...not, he had water to the top of the sides, the inboard V-8 was toast...

That qualifies as a real bummer. The advice that followed is probably etched in his brain now.

Chuck56 Loc: Texas

woodguru wrote:

My friend went to move his 25 foot boat, and said he needed to air up the tires...not, he had water to the top of the sides, the inboard V-8 was toast...

Um , if the boat was outside , was the plug still in ? Every time I take my boat out of the water , first thing I do is pull the plug . It’s second nature . Any water left in the bilge drains out on the drive home . The plug stays out until my next trip . Sorry to hear about your friends motor .

smitty Loc: maine

woodguru wrote:

My friend went to move his 25 foot boat, and said he needed to air up the tires...not, he had water to the top of the sides, the inboard V-8 was toast...

he should have some one he knows well ck it out
lotta cars drivin round that were sold at auctions. cars that were submerged in floods
maybe his is salvageable?

ricky risteen

Can a boat sink on land? Yes it can just do not remove your plug or build a tent out of your boat cover so the rain drains off of the tent.

40GRIT Loc: San Ramon, CA

Great comments everyone! If your in a slip, in the water, hook up a float switch to your bilge pump and assure it has full time power. Still want to check on it though, not always full proof and lend themselves to failure. So far so good for me! Wish I had that in my rental unit……… 1 1/2’ of water flooded it New Year’s Day 😭

What I walked into after the water receded……………

New Year’s Day, my rental property is directly through the “fire” guy. 14 units flooded that day, they evacuated everyone.

FishermanLeeSonoma

40GRIT wrote:

Great comments everyone! If your in a slip, in the water, hook up a float switch to your bilge pump and assure it has full time power. Still want to check on it though, not always full proof and lend themselves to failure. So far so good for me! Wish I had that in my rental unit……… 1 1/2’ of water flooded it New Year’s Day 😭

So sorry to hear that. My son woke me up in very early first day of 2000. I got out of bed a standing in three feet of water. Had just moved back to CA, Fairfax and we had a terrible flood. Was a heck of a way to wake up.

40GRIT Loc: San Ramon, CA

Thanks Ben! That year was the last time that area was flooded also. When I cut the sheetrock out I cut on the exact line it was cut from the 2000 flood, not on purpose, just happened. Hope you had Flood insurance back then……..