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Went to the lake today and had a great time with family. I have a 99 214 jubilee and used the front ice chest for the first time. Where does the water go. I cleaned it out this morning with a hose and didnt see water coming out anywhere. When I got back this evenning i took the drain plug out and more water came out than usual. Was think it may just drain in the bottom of the boat seeing how it isnt much when you use ice.

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It's pretty common for boat-makers to drain built-in ice chests into the bilge. Our Pearson P30 (sailboat) has a hose coming out the bottom of the built-in ice chest that just lays in the bottom of the engine space. It's plugged on the end, otherwise the water would end-up in the bilge. I don't like any more water in the bilge than necessary, so I manually drain it into a bucket and toss it overboard.

Jim

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Thanks Jim. Glad I didn't let the hose run longer. Funny the bilge pump didnt kick on. Will check that this week.

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Probably not enough water to trip the switch.

Jim

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Confirmed. I checked the bilge pump float switch after I got the bilge pump running. There has to be quite a bit of water in the bilge to trip that float switch.

Jim

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Thanks again Jim for looking into that. Maybe I can help you with something one day.

Buddy

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On my 202 the front cooler drains into the bilge. The cooler in the passenger dash drains out the side of the hull.

And my bilge also has to be pretty full to trip the float switch.

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Does anyone know where the front ice chest water drains on my 1995 Mariah 190 Talari? I filled the ice chest with drinks and ice on the morning on a pretty hot day, and about 2 hours later went to a lake that has the "no standing water" rule, and there was too much water in my ski locker so they didn't let me in. All was good because we ended up going to another lake that did not have the inspections and had an awesome day!!!

Thanks,
Dave

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Hey WetWilly!

Thanks for the info! I'll keep my eye on the ski locker and make sure it drains properly.

-Dave

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Anyone have issues with the front ice chest (bowrider) leaking water? Mine appears on the carpet right between the bow's nonskid flooring and the ski locker. Ski locker is dry. My husband did a thourough wax job last weekend and is now convinced that it is not a cooler at all. 2001 Shabah 222.

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Mine drains out of the hull on the front port side. Check to see if the drain tube is cracked or separated.

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Is it kinda funnel shaped in the bottom, with a hole in the middle? If so: Odds are it's a cooler.

Jim

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it is! it is an inverted pyramid with a drain hole at the bottom. Ice melts/drains mighty fast, so its hard to keep drinks cold in there, but it is nice to have.

so...if the drain opens up into the hull? Rough water might cause it to slosh around and leak out?

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No clue, on your boat. On our '94 182 Barchetta it drains into the ski locker, thus eventually into the bilge.

Mariah did so many other things so well, I wish they'd run a hose back to the bilge, so icewater wasn't getting the ski locker wet. Once that thing gets wet, it never gets dry again all season, and it can get pretty nasty :(

Jim

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huh? Mine has a drain line that runs to a fitting in the hull which allows it to drain overboard.