Thanks guys!!!
Two problems solved in one shot.... Each time i took the boat, after maybe 15 minutes, i noticed a lot of water in the boat. To be sure that my hull had no craks, i put the garden hose in the boat ( on the trailer... ) and, i filled the hull.... No leak anywhere. Good news but, where was this water coming in?
The day after, as i was trying to find out why my livewell didn't fill up, myy neighbor told me to check un der the console, where de hose is coming.... Or where the hose ''is supposed'' to come in.... The hose was not plugged!!! In fact, i didn't saw the hose anywhere.... At this moment, my neighbor was holding the end of my garden hose in the fill hole of the livewell pump ( in the back of the transom ). Suddenly, i had a ''flash''... I checked in one of the back compartment, where we can see the botttom and... There was a lot of water!!! So i had my answer.... The pump was correctly working but, the hose had nevers been correctly installed, so it was laying in the bottom of the boat. That's why my boat was taking water..... The hose was below the water line when the boat was on water, so the hull was filling, just by gravity....
Now: how to catch the end of the hose by the so little hole under the console ( where all direction cables and electric wires are coming through??? A good frien of me arrived at this time and, asked me if i had a long piece of steel wire... Yesss!!!
I made a little loop in the wire and, slowly put it through the tiny hole under the console, my friend first put out the livewell hose to find the end of the hose, and he finally caught the end of the metal wire i was pushing at the rear, under the floor.
We tied the metal wire with the end of the livewell hose ( with duct tape ) and, i started to pull on the wire, now ''connected'' with the hose end. It took no more than 5 minutes!!!! I finally had the hose in my hand, put the end where it goes, strap it with a collet and.... Problem solved!!!!!
Next!!!
Now for my ''light nose'' problem.... A friend of me ( also the boat mechanic who checked the boat when i bought it ) told me to fill the livewell before adding any unwanted weight in the front. I tried but it made no perceptible difference. So i tried another trick, i cut a truck tube ( what's in the tire... don't know if it's the word... ) in two half, put sand in the halves and closed it with tie wraps. Really heavy weight!!! Too much.... I tried this two times, one in calm water: nose didn't get in the air, but lost almost 6-7mph, and boat was now harder to steer. Tried it another time, in one, one and a half foot choppy waves ( like we oftten have here in the St-Lawrence river, they call it reverberating waves ) and, boat was solid as a rock!!!
But i talked to some friends of me, who works in a boat shop and, they told me that smart tabs would do a better job, without add any unwanted weight. I'm in reflexion about that. I'm wondering how the Roplene will retain those little screws ( in the smart tabs kit )... Maybe put some bolts and nuts, or maybe put a SS plate on the transom ( one on each side ), to add strength, and fix the tabs on it...
Also, i will install a kicker in the back, a Nissan 8hp four strokes, i had a special bracket made for it, i wanted a fixed one, not the model that swing up and down. I will add two strong aluminium plates in the front of the transom, to add strength, a little one in the up section of the front transom, and a bigger one down. The bracket is also fixed on a pigger plate that cover a large section of the back of the transom, again, to add force. I will post pictures in the 170 section as soon as i do it.
For today, i will replace the latch of the two back compartment, the plastic ones are so cheap... One is already broken. I found ''ball latch'' to be an easy solution. I found some made of brass.
And friday: let's go fishing!!!!
í‰ric
p.s. Bonjour Moon Loon!!! Tu es au Québec? Il y aurait donc au moins un 195CC ici au Québec??? Wow!!!! C'est le modí¨le qui me fait ríªver.... Mon prochain!!! ( budget oblige.... ). De quelle région es-tu? Je suis de la région de Québec, í ma connaissance, il y a un autre Triumph ici tout prí¨s, d'ailleurs le gars qui le possí¨de doit venir faire un tour ici ce soir, il habite í 4-5 km. Il a un 170DC. J'ai connu un autre gars au Saguenay qui a un 170CC, un gars de La Baie, c'est d'ailleurs suite í une visite chez lui pour voir son bateau, que ma décision s'est prise. J'ai parlé í un mécano chez le concessionnaire de Laterrií¨re ( au Saguenay ) et, il m'a mentionné qu'ils en ont vendu un y a pas tellement longtemps ( un 195CC ), serait-ce le tien? Je vais régulií¨rement píªcher sur le Fjord, étant originaire du coin. J'aimerais beaucoup voir ton bateau ''live'', si l'occasion se présente.
Au plaisir!!!
