A little update. Got through the break-in period (longest 90 min of my life). Boat is amazing! Definitely need to take her out as much as possible to feel out the DriveX system. May have had a clean out plug pop (Starboard) as there is water on top of it and more water than I would have expected when i pulled the drain plug in the parking lot. Will inspect and look into ez-locks and riser.
I think the kids liked it too. And the Jackasses!!!!!!! (last pic)
Congrats on the boat !
Water on top of the clean out plugs is normal, I do not believe there are easy locks for your clean out plugs, i think the easy locks are for the older style plugs.
The drain in the clean out “tub” may be acting like a geyser when you slow down and the wake washes over and under the boat. Several folks have installed a check valve in this drain line under the clean out tray to prevent the geyser.
The first step to take in reducing the amount of water coming out of the bilge is to seal the clean out tray as they come poorly sealed from the factory. Get some DAP seal and peel and lay a bead along the L shaped interface between the clean out tray and the hull, do not put sealant under the tray you don’t want to glue it down. The mechanical riser is a great idea as well once the tray itself is sealed. Sealing the tray and installing the riser will remove the majority of the water intrusion.
Next check your anchor locker drain fitting and make sure it protrudes all the way into the anchor locker. Even if it does and it looks like this
Then you may want to grab one of these
And seal it up something like this
I also run this little plug in my drain most of the time to keep the locker dry since my drain is so close to the water line, and it also keeps the aquatic invasive species out so I dont have to decon all the ground tackle.
Here’s a link to
@drewkaree ’s thread on chasing down water intrusion
I had a couple of other areas on my boat that you do not have on yours that I sealed up and now I have a dry bilge. The cup holders were not sealed on my boat, so I pulled them out and sealed them up, I also had two up front that drained into the bilge, I put plugs on the drain hose nipples and just use a rag to remove water if needed.
I second your thoughts on taking the boat out often! Have fun!