1990 Procraft Family Fisher F180 stringers

[brianwrites]

Anyone know if the procraft F180 fish and ski boats have fibderglass stringers? I don't have any soft spots on the boat, but it takes on water and I have to run the bilge pump every 30 minutes or so because water is in the bilge up to the bottom of the batteries. How would I know if the stringers are bad? Thanks guys. Here's a pic of the boat. I think it's a 1990. Maybe 1989?

 

[ezmobee]

Re: 1990 Procraft Family Fisher F180 stringers

I'd imagine there's wood in that boat. On a boat like that, live well fittings and hoses would be my first places to look for a leak.

 

[ondarvr]

Re: 1990 Procraft Family Fisher F180 stringers

I would start by finding and then fixing the leak.

 

[brianwrites]

Re: 1990 Procraft Family Fisher F180 stringers

So I took the boat out of the garage, put it on an incline filled up the live wells. No leaks. I put water in the bilge just above the three holes in the stern. I got very, very very slow drips from the raw intake hole on the left (pic attached) and the live well drain. I also noticed the flip handle drain plugs sometimes allowed for a very slow drip, but drain plugs of the screw tightening variety did not allow leaks. A last observation was when I put water into the bilge, when it reached a certain level it overflowed into the rod locker/ski locker which I am HOPING is by design(pic attached, but you can't see the water)] so the water won't keep filling up the bilge and short out the batteries if it gets to high. So should I reseal/replace the three holes at the stern? Thanks for your help.
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