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I have a Harpoon 4.6 (15 ft) that I recently acquired. For those not familiar, this sailboat was only made for a few years back in the late seventies. I do not know much about them other than If fixed it up and it sails nicely. A stable boat, reasonably fast and can handle three maybe four people. I sail it single handed. Here's my question: I weighed the boat and it is about 50 pounds overweight at around 500 lbs.. I drilled a few holes in it and while water inside just drips out, the foam (open cell) is saturated. I repaired the the bailer wells where the water was obviously getting inside. This boat, I guess like other Whalers has no bilge. It is laminated construction and foam filled. Is there a preferred method to get the water out. On some of my other boasts I drilled a hole, inserted a vacuum hose, warmed the intake and forced air through it for about a week and dried out the boat. I am sure this has been a problem for other models of BW. Maybe this has been addressed elsewhere in this site.

Any help appreciated.

Mr Mike