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Old 04-28-2010, 07:56 PM   #373
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Originally Posted by Rattlesnake Guy View Post
It may seem strange but if you drive the boat with the plug out it will actually drain. ( No I did not see this on the three stooges) My dad used to do it on our boat which did not have a bilge to drain the rain water out. The water behind creates a vacuum if you are moving. And if that does not work, just drill more holes to let the water out...

Also keep in mind that if you blow a cooling hose you can pump even more gallons per minute into the boat by keeping the boat running.
We used to do that on an old Glastron outboard we had. It had problems draining, and this worked fine.
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