Me too

We be cool....

When I got my 311 new in '89 there was a plastic bag with the owners manual and two small rubber drain plugs. The plugs were to plug the two PVC like drain pipes from under the step to the bilge. Never had a problem in the water or on my Hydro Hoist because the nose was always a little higher than the bilge. I never installed the plugs. Joe Murray

The plug in mine is the size of a small bailer plug hole, from what you are saying I think yours may be different.

Me also Russ. However, when I pull the boat and plan on launching the next day, I stay hooked to the truck. That's when the water appears under my step.

Actually, I always try to keep my bildge as dry as possible to help this issue.

When unhooked, bow is up for sure. I'd do that even if there was no "under step water problem".

We have had that problem, all you really need to do is raise the trailer up a little if possible or if on a lift then raise the front of the lift up enough so it will drain down to the back.

The only time I've seen water in there is when the cabin got flooded because of my "real" cover not being on and once when it was being worked on they didn't have the trailer set "bow high". Of course then out come the clamp lights with 200 watt bulbs and two fans to thoroughly dry it out. I use a wet-vac to dry that spot under the step.

I always thought that there should been some way for the water to drain out of there back to the bilge, but it never seemed to. Far as I know, maybe my drain plugs are still in place. Where exactly are they located and what do you do, just reach back under there until you find them? I've actually never tried.

If time, I always try to yank the butt plug out while still on the incline of the ramp so the bilge drains.

Last time out I noticed I have two slight leaks where both the "center" exhaust hoses clamp up to the new tips. That surprised me since everythhng is "double" clamped. This weekend I'll back the clamps off, reposotion them, and clamp them back down using a ratchet wrench rather than a socket head driver to really tighten them down. That was my third time out since the "project that never ended" was done. First time I noticed water leaking. Not bad just continual dripping and running down the inside of the transom. Never had enough water to accumulate to pump out, but a surprisingly amount when I drained it at the ramp. I was surprised how much water could be in there without activating the bilge pump and yes I double checked and the pump is working.

I have a bung fitted to the drain tube in the bow on my 242 to prevent the bilge water coming forward.

However, i always have water in the bilge as the bilge pump is fixed to a wooden panel about an inch from the lowest part.

I absolutely hate having water in the bilge and next winter will be modifying the current setup in order to be able to remove it.

Every bilge pump and switch I've looked at will leave 1 1/4" of water in the bilge. The closest I've come to getting to the last drop is using a flat bronze water pickup hooked to a rotary pump.

The problem comes from switch and pump margins.