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Hey I need some suggestions for a problem I have:

While fishing in the rain, the bottom of my boat in the front section fills up quicker than the floor drain can drain the water, which isn't very fast at all, and so the water doesn't get to my bilge pump to be pumped out. What should I do about this so that I can go in the rain tomorrow and not sink?

Need to know a little more man... like what kind of boat are you talking about?  If its just a jon boat, you can always drill a larger hole that what is present, just make sure you don't go through the hull.  If its something really complicated I suppose you could always hook another bilge system into the front.

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This is a 16' aluminum bass boat. It has a drain with a grate on the top of it at the lowest point between the two seats. Its supposed to drain water from the front portion of the boat back to the bilge area where it can be pumped out. It drains so slowly that my boat fills with water in the front section during rain. I have tried washing it out with water hose on high preasure, but that didn't help. The drain goes under my storage, livewell, and gas tank and then drains into the bilge.

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Tell you the truth I think its the foam they put between the floor and the hull. Doubt they cleared enough of it out.

It may be stopped up with leaves or other junk.  Can you get a small plumbing clean out through it?  Try working from the back to the front if you can't go from front to back.

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