I especially appreciate a garboard plug, in the spring. After a long winter, the bilge dries out. Mine is so deep, I can't reach it laying on the sole.
But by the spring, the sediment on the bottom dries out.
You can see the sediment beneath the oil can (catching the oil from the transmission). I can just reach the bottom of the bilge with the long wand on a shop vac.
After a quick vacuum, it's good to see that fiberglass that was laid up 59 years ago, looks unaged in this nasty environment. Solid and strong.
This deep bilge has 5 compartments with weep holes through the solid fiberglass bulkheads. They too get vacuumed every few seasons in the spring.
I think this annual drying, removing sediment, eliminates bilge smells from the accumulation of wet grunge.
But by the spring, the sediment on the bottom dries out.
You can see the sediment beneath the oil can (catching the oil from the transmission). I can just reach the bottom of the bilge with the long wand on a shop vac.
After a quick vacuum, it's good to see that fiberglass that was laid up 59 years ago, looks unaged in this nasty environment. Solid and strong.
This deep bilge has 5 compartments with weep holes through the solid fiberglass bulkheads. They too get vacuumed every few seasons in the spring.
I think this annual drying, removing sediment, eliminates bilge smells from the accumulation of wet grunge.
