Well i finally tried about the boat weld-craft 1544 friday with some likes,dislikes.First the likes,had more room and stabibility than

the 1436 with tiller i had,handles the water better,was faster.Now the dislikes and questions,with those who have this size or similiar

bass boat with the mid range(40-75)hp range if you are the only one in the boat does it lean to one side(you in the console)when sitting still,i assume this is normal for a lighter weight aluminum bass rig.Now for the problem i encountered,i noticed that when

my wife was in the back and i went to the back of the boat to check the transducer i could hear water coming in the boat with me

sitting in the middle of the lake! :oI opened the back hatch and water was coming in quick!After several minutes i realized where the

water was coming in at,it was flowing in from my bilge tube on the outside of the boat which was under water because of the

weight at that time i was back there. :-[Now shouldn't there be a backflow on the pipe to keep water from entering the tube and

shooting out the bottom of the bilge pump!Am i going to have to put a shut off valve in line to keep water from entering the tube.

Also the hole on the outside of the boat does go under water when i first start to get on plane.Its no problem when i or she are

on the front deck.I do have two batteries(110lbs)and gas(50lbs)in the back with the engine weighing in at 190 for a yammie 40.

HHHHEEELLLPPP!!!! :-/

Bilge exit port should be higher on the side of boat. The leaning problem can be taken care of with trim tabs (Lenco or Bennet systems)

I have Lenco trim tabs.

I have had water come in like that in an alum. boat with a really big guy. I thought about an inline check valve but never got around to it while I owned the boat.

Another option might be to plug that hole and reroute the bilge pipe.

That's poorly designed. I would take it up with the manufacturer. You might get some satisfaction.