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I'm a relatively new boat owner, but am somewhat mechanically sound. I had left my boat (1990 Sea Pro 18'6") on water for a period of 5 days without the automatic bilge pump on. The boat took on a lot of water and almost went down. I was able to get it out of the water and drain it. I think a...