Boat Maintenance: water leak in the transom

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	Name:	Mack -
	Subject:	water leak in the transom
	Date:	8/11/2011 6:39:51 PM

Check the side outlet from the bilge pump exhaust. It is supposed to have a backflow preventer in the tubing from the pump to the outlet. My boat either doesn't have one or it is busted. If I leave the boat at a steep angle, like when launching from a trailer (or beached in your case), and the outlet is submerged for any length of time, water flows thru the tube and into the bilge, where it seeks to reach the same water level as the lake. Not good if you don't know about it.