Cold Duck
Senior Member
- Joined
- Jul 8, 2022
- Messages
- 425
- Vessel Name
- Cold Duck
- Vessel Make
- MS 350 Trawler, 1997
I hear a lot of responses of "dry bilges". I've found it's dry..... until it's not. Leaky hose, stuffing, a leaky freeze plug, any of a bunch of things that happen then it's not dry. You know, "It worked yesterday" syndrome, been there and seen that. That's why we have auto bilge pumps for when that dry bilge suddenly becomes wet. Then breather oil film can create that pesky sheen. So, you may have a dry bilge today, tomorrow, a week from Tuesday. When you least expect it, you become a wet bilge just like that. So all of us are subject to the issue of possibly having someone reporting or boarding to keep your boat from sinking and thus the possible situation described with the particular Boat US franchise.