Ashhodges

Thanks everyone for the help just got to wait for a car to be moved from a garage at work then it will be going there to start the work

Only photo I have at the mo

Also the person I bought the boat from kept it on a mooring without any cover on it so rain could have filled it up

I think the water is getting in through the inspection hatch as it has a big crack in it I can't see of anywhere else it could get in but I'm not an expert I don't no much about repairing boats at all!

Thanks for your help that's what I'm going todo over the winter aswell as getting it repainted then I will decide on the engine

Southampton mate.

Hi, thanks for your help I thought this might be the case I was going to strip the boat over the winter for painting etc anyway so I'll just have todo this at the same time. And yes I thought the 40hp is abit small really and hopefully will change to something bigger when it's all sorted.

Hi I'm new to the forum, I have a 17ft flyer with a 40hp mariner and have a problem with it, since I have owned it it has always been slow and uses a lot of fuel at first we thought it may have been a engine problem but It seems to be running absolutely fine. I then noticed that there's a crack in the cover of the inspection hatch at the rear of the floor I took the cover off and it was full of water it also looks to be foam filled, could this be my problem? I have sucked the water out with a wet vac and it keeps refilling but I kept doing it until no more water came out. I am new to working on boats and do not no a lot so any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks Ash.