I am the second owner of a 2013 Freedom and we love it. I am getting ready for a trip to the Bahamas and today I was checking the bilge. Just forward of the bilge under the 6” access plate is a smaller compartment with two pumps. It had 6-8” of freshwater in it. Sine there is a Seakeeper that runs from that compartment to the bilge area I can‘t see if there is a drain that is maybe clogged. I looked at the manual but couldn’t find a diagram for the bilge areas. My next step is to pull up the floor panel to get better access to look around. Does anyone know if there is a drain that runs from that compartment into the bilge? Thanks in advance.
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What does forward of the bilge mean. The bilge runs the whole length of the hull.
If the area is flooded with fresh water, the fresh water had to come from your fresh water system which includes where the grey water goes from let's say the shower. The water typically flows into a holding tank that has a level activated pump that pumps the water out through a thru-hull. ( how did you determine that the water was fresh water?
Of course fresh water could also be rain water. The gas tank coffins may be sealed from bilge water but if so, there usually id a pipe that allows forward bilge water to get to the aft bilge. I am not familiar with you hull though so these are guesses.
In any case it is not unusual for those drain tubes to plug up. If you can look inside the bilge at the transom and look forward, you may be able to see one or more drain tubes. They may also be visible from forward areas if you have access to the bilge.
The water could be from washing the boat. The anchor locker may also allow water to enter the rope locker. Sometimes that water drains out forward through a drain with a vent on the outside hull and sometimes the water runs all the way aft to drain.
The pipe may need to flushed out or snaked out.
If the area is flooded with fresh water, the fresh water had to come from your fresh water system which includes where the grey water goes from let's say the shower. The water typically flows into a holding tank that has a level activated pump that pumps the water out through a thru-hull. ( how did you determine that the water was fresh water?
Of course fresh water could also be rain water. The gas tank coffins may be sealed from bilge water but if so, there usually id a pipe that allows forward bilge water to get to the aft bilge. I am not familiar with you hull though so these are guesses.
In any case it is not unusual for those drain tubes to plug up. If you can look inside the bilge at the transom and look forward, you may be able to see one or more drain tubes. They may also be visible from forward areas if you have access to the bilge.
The water could be from washing the boat. The anchor locker may also allow water to enter the rope locker. Sometimes that water drains out forward through a drain with a vent on the outside hull and sometimes the water runs all the way aft to drain.
The pipe may need to flushed out or snaked out.
Thanks seasick. The area closest to the stern is where my bilge pump is located and accessed through a panel on the stern. Just forward of this is a divider in the bilge that separates the the main bilge and just forward is a smaller area just aft of the the gas tank. This area Has two through hull pumps. I know the water is fresh from siphoning it out. . So I think it’s from rain and washing the boat. The area is really tight so it’s hard to see and there a sea keeper thrown in to make it that much more tighter. I would think Grady would have installed a drain tube but I can’t find it. That’s why I think I may open the floor panel to help see a little better.What does forward of the bilge mean. The bilge runs the whole length of the hull.
If the area is flooded with fresh water, the fresh water had to come from your fresh water system which includes where the grey water goes from let's say the shower. The water typically flows into a holding tank that has a level activated pump that pumps the water out through a thru-hull. ( how did you determine that the water was fresh water?
Of course fresh water could also be rain water. The gas tank coffins may be sealed from bilge water but if so, there usually id a pipe that allows forward bilge water to get to the aft bilge. I am not familiar with you hull though so these are guesses.
In any case it is not unusual for those drain tubes to plug up. If you can look inside the bilge at the transom and look forward, you may be able to see one or more drain tubes. They may also be visible from forward areas if you have access to the bilge.
The water could be from washing the boat. The anchor locker may also allow water to enter the rope locker. Sometimes that water drains out forward through a drain with a vent on the outside hull and sometimes the water runs all the way aft to drain.
The pipe may need to flushed out or snaked out.