Thread subject: Whaler Central - Boston Whaler Boat Information and Photos :: 1987 Montauk bilge pump question
Posted by BDBinWV on 10/09/13 - 5:35 AM
#1
For those of you who have installed a bilge pump in the sump of the Montauk, do you keep the drain plug in the sump or easily accessable from the external side of the transom?
Posted by DennisVollrath on 10/09/13 - 7:37 AM
#2
I keep mine installed from the inside.
Dennis
Posted by Whalerbob on 10/14/13 - 6:05 PM
#3
I trailer my boat so I plug it in from the outside before I launch. I have it crimped to 300# mono so I don't lose it and throw it in the splash well when it's on the trailer.
Posted by NJjohnmontauk17 on 10/14/13 - 6:38 PM
#4
inside. by seasons end I may have to clear a few barnacles from the tube.
Posted by Joe Kriz on 10/14/13 - 8:44 PM
#5
I think you will find that 99% of Whaler owners all put the plugs in from inside.
There are many reasons for this.
I will let others elaborate more on this.
Posted by Whalerbob on 10/15/13 - 1:23 PM
#6
The major advantage of plugging from the inside I see is it easier to pull the plug to drain the boat while it's running if the pump fails. On my 13' I used to do it that way because I could reach it from the helm but in 16 years of owning my Montauk 17 I never had the need to pull the plug and I'm sure I could reach it over the transom if I really needed to.
Edited by Whalerbob on 10/17/13 - 5:47 PM