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I am going to install another bilge pump and run the hose over the transom. I have one in every boat I have owned. I also install he plug from inside, just in case the pump will not work or battery is drained.
So I guess it's to each his own. But I would rather have one and not have use it rather than not have one and really need one.
I do remember back in the 60's when I had a 12' aluminum flat bottom and 5hp Eska air cooled on the back and got caught out in a bad rain storm on Lake Sam Rayburn. My little boat was filling up and there was nothing I could do because the waves were too high. I finally made it back to the shore, loaded up and came home. Sold that boat in 2 days and bought a 14" Jon with a 18hp Johnson and installed a bilge pump in it. Never was that scared again.