Yeah, the bilge pump is located at the right spot vof a v-drive, but the drain plug is uphill from there when trailered. It's not safe to take the plug out while the boat's on a steep launch ramp, but I do it anyway at the lakes where doing such things isn't prohibited. It also slows down the flow a little at busy ramps.
The bilge pump can't remove all the water, and I'm not so anal anymore and don't vacuum out the water that accumulates there as often as I used to.
We use the ice box and it drains into the bilge, so even a dripless setup wouldn't keep the bildge dry. 25 pounds of water in there per day, right?
From what I recall about d-drives, there is usually a garboard drain in the transom that never gets used because of the drain plug midships that you unscrew and remove from under the engine cover. I'd very much like to install one of these next to my bilge pump. Problem is, I don't want to do it cheezy or hurt anything.
Would any of you d-drive dudes be willing to look at your forward drain and get a close-up pics from above and underneath and maybe try to lift the manufacturer off of the thing for me? In return, I'll put a nice procedure together for our v-drive brethren.
As small and lame a thing as the addition would be, I friggin hate water sitting there for months and neither nursing the water out with a wet-dry or lifting the tongue dangerously high are fun options
