Check your drain plug first.
Can you leave the water in the boat, put it on the trailer, park it on an incline, dry off the hull, and see if you can see where it comes out. Gunna be a rivet or a seam. You can use Gluvit to seal it once you find it.
10 gallons of water in 4 hours is A LOT of water. Either the plug is loose as Mattsmall said. Or, you have a cracked weld, multiple loose rivets or possibly both. Has anything happened to the boat that might have caused this condition? Did you loan it to any one recently?
You might want to look at the live well fittings. If you have the large gravity feed drain tube from your live well to the transom fitting it can leak if not tight. It will put a lot of water in the boat in a short time, don't ask how I know this. When the live well was not being used I would plug mine from the outside of the hull to reduce the risk.
Check your hoses and connections for leaks. If it is water tight when the outlet is plugged and takes on water when not plugged you have a leak in your live well system some where. I would put it in the water without the plug and watch to see where the water comes in. It could be a loose connection, a broken or cracked hose or live well pump. The only way to know for sure what is needed is to see exactly where it is leaking.
I have a new Lowe Legacy I love the boat but it takes on a ton of water. I have plugged every water intake hole for live wells and it still takes on water. The funny thing is that it dosen't always do it ?
I have a new Lowe Legacy I love the boat but it takes on a ton of water. I have plugged every water intake hole for live wells and it still takes on water. The funny thing is that it dosen't always do it ?
