singularity,welcome to the boaerd I guess.Heck of a first post.While the water problems are a design related flaw,I can't say that i have found any PIECE OF CRAP type quality issues with my Daytona.All in all it seems like a pretty well made boat but thats just my opinion.
Slayer,do you work for eliminator?

Welcome Dragon Slayer, Its good to have another eliminator owner on OSO!! My cat is a little bigger than the 26s, but its a great boat, and the price was right!
Singularity, Now that you got rid of your piece of crap,just what great boat do you now own??Do you not expect to have some problems with it? If you had problems with your Eliminator I'm sure the factory would have taken care of them!! Ive seen Jim Foley,National sales Manager, at a lot of the Major Boat shows and I know he would have taken care of your problems..But, Sometimes it just easier to *****!! Have a great day..
eliminator219

219,is your boat a 30,33 or 36?What power and does it hold water ?

Singularity,by the way,the screws only hold on the rub rail! DOH.The deck is glassed to the hull all the way around.

Getting water out. Am I missing something. All that I do is remove all the drain plugs on a boat ramp, when no one is behind me wanting to use ramp, & let the water drain out. I rolled up a piece of the material that you put in your bilge to absorb oil & install in the hole between engine bilge & forward area. With that it still lets water pass but if any oil it is absorbed.

T jack,the water will not drain back past the steps unless you crank the boat up to about a 60 degree angle.The drain tubes between the bulkheads seem to be about one inch above the bottom of the boat so if you just pull the plugs,theres still an inch of water trapped in the sponsons.Thusly the shop vac and access holes come into the equation.The drain plugs at the transom are above the bottom of the sponsons as well,just look at the depth of the notch and figure out how much water is still in there.

Airpacker
In answer to your question, I have a 30 with twin 540s,blown and intercooled. I have never seen any water in the bottom, but it was drilled when it was built. The hull and the deck,tanks along with the interior were the only things bought fromEliminator. The boat, motors and complete rigging was done by a custom shop.
I had a single blown 26 cat before. I just like the bigger boat for snotty water and I have a 50 percent chance of not having to be towed in by a ski-doo or something in case I break one engine or drive..
I, myself love the thing, wife is not too crazy about the speed, but I find most wives feel the same. I have owned about 10 0r 12 boats and this should be my last.. but Hello Skater if I should hit the lottery!!
eliminator219

219,what kinda speed are you seeing and what hp figures are you making? what drives?props,ratios etc.I have a friend doin a 30 now and hes wondering which way to go.

Hello Eliminator owners!!

EliminatorAdmin- I take it you work for eliminator?

airpacker not just eliminator,this problem exist with all steped cat hulls. Only fix I can think of is to put drains at every step. Easyer to learn to live with it I guess.