HELP!! with 2000 Wellcraft Coastal 290 water system operation

[fisherman290]

While messing around with my boat over the weekend I was trying to figure out the water system on the boat. I put water in the both the fresh water recepticle on the port side of the boat and then i put water in the city water hookup on the stern of the boat. My main cabin sink, and bait prep area sink would both work when the hose was hooked up, but would quickly run out when the hose was disconnected. I took a trip down into the cabin to check out the sink/shower in the head, which no water came out, and noticed a bloated tank in the cabin. I ran the water pump for a while to get rid of some of the water out of the hookup on the port side of the boat in hope that the tank would go down, with no luck. I would just like to know if maybe somebody is familiar with how the water system works on the boat so that I can get all the sinks working, pressurize the system and get rid of the bloating in the tank down in the cabin. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks-
Doug

 

[Striper Blues]

Re: HELP!! with 2000 Wellcraft Coastal 290 water system operation

wow, I've never had that happen in my 2005. In mine you can hook the hose to the hose fitting in the stern but that doesn't automatically fill the tank. It just pressurizes the lines etc. I suppose if the holding tank is empty it would fill it to some degree. The reason I say this is because I've run mine for a week at the dock while on vacation, then disconnected the hose and had to add 10 gallons to top it off.

I'd be interested to hear what you found.