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- Location
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- Boat Make
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- Year
- 1995
- Boat Model
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- Boat Length
- 18
@Bill D If it was only that cheap getting set up, more ballast and a board are needed, but you know that. 
After a week of rainy weather and work on the farm, I took the pup to check out the boat yesterday and found the boat's deck dry. No wet carpets or pooled water in the bow. The ballast has worked nicely. I now feel that I could leave my boat uncovered, for a short period, in a rainstorm and the water would indeed go back to the scupper. A lot of other boats at the marina, a Sea Ray dealer, remain uncovered for weekends at a time and they drain fine. But most likely, i will keep it covered, because no amount of ballast will get the bird shit out of the boat.
After a week of rainy weather and work on the farm, I took the pup to check out the boat yesterday and found the boat's deck dry. No wet carpets or pooled water in the bow. The ballast has worked nicely. I now feel that I could leave my boat uncovered, for a short period, in a rainstorm and the water would indeed go back to the scupper. A lot of other boats at the marina, a Sea Ray dealer, remain uncovered for weekends at a time and they drain fine. But most likely, i will keep it covered, because no amount of ballast will get the bird shit out of the boat.