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Old 06-05-2017, 10:04 AM
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Old 06-05-2017, 10:47 AM
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Originally Posted by 30ftpanther
Jeff Williamson, who runs a fishing charter out of Ocean Isle Beach, said he warned the boaters after seeing the sheen of gas on the water.


So the bilge pump put a lot of fuel in the water around them???
Given that it had fishing rod holders, highly likely that it had a self-bailing cockpit. May not have bilge pump involvement.
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Originally Posted by Sydwayz
Given that it had fishing rod holders, highly likely that it had a self-bailing cockpit. May not have bilge pump involvement.
Self-Bailing Cockpit wouldn't come into play would it? The cockpit floor would still be above the bilge. If fuel had been pumped into the cockpit floor, I hope they would have noticed that. I'm I misunderstanding a self-bailing cockpit? I own a Concept and don't have a Self Bailing Cockpit and have never owned a boat with one, so I might be wrong.
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I'm pretty sure my rod holders on my self bailing cockpit still drain into the bilge
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Originally Posted by racinfast002
I'm pretty sure my rod holders on my self bailing cockpit still drain into the bilge


This was kind of my thoughts.
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When it happened to us the fuel flowed into a long flush locker for fish storage.
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I mean I could go home and pump some gas into a rod holder, but I think I would rather just put it in the tank instead.
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Originally Posted by racinfast002
I mean I could go home and pump some gas into a rod holder, but I think I would rather just put it in the tank instead.
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I'm 99% sure that the rod holders in our Nor-Tech 390 do not drain into bilge
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