I have heard many owners of the 75-84 27' Hunter complain about the shallow bilge and how the water spill on to the cabin floor. I have a 1983 27 and I decide one day to dry out the bilge. I must have taken out in excess of 10 gallons of water out which indicates there is more to the bilge than what shows under the floor boards. I had my share of problems with float switches on automatic bilge pump set ups so I looked for an alternative. I installed an electronic automatic bilge pump to keep the water level as low as possible and have not had a drop of water spill over at any degree of heel. This bilge pump turns itself on every 2 1/2 minutes and scan for water by measuring resistance on the impeller. If it finds water it will continue to run until it is expelled or if not it will immediately turn itself off. At first I was a little concerned with backflow and pump recycling but it is not a problem the pump stops running before water flows back and waits for the next cycle. Electricity usage is minimum. The 27 did not come with automatic bilge pumps unless they were retrofited so this pump permited installation withou a float and 3 way switch. Just a 2 wire hookup and keep the 12 volt main and bilge switches on. The pump is standart 450-500 GPH and is sold at West Marine for $50.