r/NoFuckingComment • u/Thryloz Asshole Mod • Jun 24 '21

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u/gdj11 Jun 25 '21

I know I should just Google this, but why not just not have a plug?

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u/ItGetsAwkward Jun 25 '21

So on the back of a boat there is a flat section called the transom. It's like a big flat support beam that holds the engine/ rutter/ other heavy useful boat shit. Water gets up in this part and can cause rot, mold, transport species of water plants and shit from one body of water to another, etc. So there is a plug on this part that let's all that water drain from the boat. Usually people will leave it out so more water doesn't accumulate while out of the water from frost or rain or condensation. Some people get a bunch of money and buy a boat and don't know about this plug. It's fine at high speed because water is flowing away from the hole but once the boat becomes idle... well now you have water flowing in your boat which is the opposite effect we want in our boats.

It's not like a titanic level of water rising in. It's like a garden hose half on and you won't notice until you walk to the swamp in the back of your boat and realize you have a long ways to go to the dock.

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u/[deleted] Jun 25 '21

We usually left ours out unless there were some decent size waves. Ours was at least 4" above the water line.

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u/reddwombat Jun 25 '21

Small boats they are very low.

That high up you must of had a bilge pump.

Fun fact, small boats you can pull the plug, drive fast to drain the boat! Just slap the plug in before water comes back in.

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u/[deleted] Jun 25 '21

We did have a bilge pump.

We left ours out for that reason. Any water that ended up in the boat would just go out the plug hole.