I am getting close to an agreement on one of the two 38's I am looking at. One issue came up that I would appreciate some input on; The one boat has pop up cleats and the owner stated that they naturally leak into the front side compartments and then back to the bilge. Thus, anything you store in the front storage areas gets wet. Is this true, or is there another issue with this boat? Seems crazy to me to engineer a system like this???

Pop up cleats I've had on my last two boats never leaked. Neither were PQs, but I'd think there is something wrong. You may want to post the year just in case a certain brand used in a certain year had issues.

there should be a cup under the cleat and theres a drain line you can connect and route to where you want it to go....maybe they either didnt install the cups or didnt bother with hooking up lines to them....

It is an 03. I looked at an 02 that had them too, but the issue never came upon that boat.

on my 03 Revenge they never installed the hose that Wally is talking about..I had to do it myself..easy fix..must have been a Friday boat

CP marine has some nice little thru hull fittings to attach the drain tubes to. Best NOT to send any more water into the boat IMHO. I mounted one directly below each drain cup on my eliminator. 3/4" polished SS dome head is all that shows on the outside of the hull.