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Hello, I am a new 1991 16 SL owner. It seems to hold a lot of water in the gas tank hold under deck, and is slowww to drain. I live in Washington and my boat will be under a lot of rainy fishing in the Puget Sound.
Right now it's connected to an external gas tank and I'm not even sure if the gas in the internal tank, or if the lines are any good. I opened the hatch and it looks pretty dirty. I haven't seen inside the tank yet.
It feels like the boat is a little stern heavy.
As of now, there's an older 75 hp mercury on it.
I'm going to be bringing my small family on board (5 of us) and don't want to hold a lot of water as well.
I have a bilge but it's set in the center long ski hatch.
Any info on either keeping the water flowing smoothly through all the drains, or a way I can make the deck and hatches water-tight?