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 Where are your drains?6:05 PM 1/20/2010 Reply  Edit

I have a question for the x19 owners here. I have a 2004 X19 that I bought used. The guy I bought it from had a recessed TM well instaled. The first time I had the boat out in the rain everything in the storage lockers got soaked. I couldnt figure where the water was comeing from but after taking everything out of the boat I found that there was about a 2 foot piece of hose that was attached to the drain hole on the Recess for the TM pedal that drained the water into the lockers (that was a genuis move). I put a cork from an old whiskey bottle in the hole and sealed it up fine, however, I would like to run a drain hose through the storage locker and drain it out of there. Problem is, I can't find a drain inside the lockers! Anyone know where a drain is located? Has anyone else ever had this problem? If so, how did you fix it?

Thanks in advance for the help.


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 Re: Where are your drains? (X19 Indy) »9:36 PM 1/20/2010 Reply  Edit

You need to also check the gasket around the storage lockers they will leak also.

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 Re: Where are your drains? (X19 Indy) »4:46 PM 1/21/2010 Reply  Edit

Drain holes, we don't need no stinkin drain holes......
Actually there are none.
This is something I brought up to Xpress personally and gave them a work-around.
For those of us who have found the hard way that the boat WILL hold its own (water)
I can only make a few suggestions.
First if you are not afraid of drill a few holes, you can drill a few holes straight down just inside the forward compartments near the aft end of the compartments. including the center one. Now, this will only provide good drainage if there is no filler foam between the deck and the hull. Otherwise the drainage will be very slow and will add water weight till it all ends up in the bilge for pump out.
The other things you can do are RTV seal all of the gaskets at the openings and route you drain tube for the trolling motor tray so that it goes completely through your forward storage compartments and drains out onto the central compartment where you sit.
Not the best options but better than moldy baits and carpet.

I only work to support my fishing habit......
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 Re: Where are your drains? (Ssab-Retsam) »5:49 PM 1/21/2010 Reply  Edit

Mine has floor drains tward the rear of the compartment

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 Re: Where are your drains? (jr225ho) »5:51 PM 1/21/2010 Reply  Edit

Thanks everyone, that's what I was afraid of. I might just leave the drain pluged and let the passenger deal with the water that splashes out. I mean, they are going to get wet anyway right?
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 Re: Where are your drains? (X19 Indy) »9:34 AM 1/27/2010 Reply  Edit

I bought an X19 in 2008. I love this boat but their design to keep the dry storage dry is absolutely absurd. After a rain, my center dry storage looked like a live well. I have since added silicone along the foam gasket which helped tremendously. However, it still gets slightly wet after a lot of rain. What's more frustrating is the two storage boxes on the back deck. I normally use these as an ice chest. The black boxes have drain holes and the water will drain out of the box, but some residual water will remain in the pocket of foam underneath and become stagnant real quick.
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 Re: Where are your drains? (X19) »4:11 PM 1/27/2010 Reply  Edit

Quote, originally posted by X19 »
I bought an X19 in 2008. I love this boat but their design to keep the dry storage dry is absolutely absurd. After a rain, my center dry storage looked like a live well. I have since added silicone along the foam gasket which helped tremendously. However, it still gets slightly wet after a lot of rain. What's more frustrating is the two storage boxes on the back deck. I normally use these as an ice chest. The black boxes have drain holes and the water will drain out of the box, but some residual water will remain in the pocket of foam underneath and become stagnant real quick.

Do you have any pics of the silicone? I think the livewell is the only compartment in my boat that doesn't hold water well.

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 Re: Where are your drains? (Munkin) »11:43 AM 2/5/2010 Reply  Edit

So are we saying that there is no space for drainage under our floors? If we install a recessed foot controller bay that there is no way to drain it? I spoke with Joe Jones this week (BBC Sponser and seller of kits to recess foot pedals) and he said there is a center channel drain in Xpress boats and the hose is placed into the drain from the very front center of the boat. Is this not correct?

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 Re: Where are your drains? (jshannon) »3:07 PM 2/5/2010 Reply  Edit

I was told the same thing by someone at Xpress but I can't find the center channel or a drain anywhere in the boat.
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 Re: Where are your drains? (X19 Indy) »6:57 PM 2/5/2010 Reply  Edit

My 09 H18 has a drain hole in the center of the front lockers at the lowest point inside. It is a black hole that is plastic and runs into the center channel of the boat under the floor. You can see where it comes out under the tank in the rear and runs directly into the drain well where the bilge pump is.

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 Re: Where are your drains? (X19 Indy) »8:56 PM 2/10/2010 Reply  Edit

installed a ez trolltray in my 2002 x19.put the drain tube down the center
channel of the boat. jacked up front of boat poured a couple of cups of water
down this channell and water came to the back so far no trouble.
dont believe i have a picture.
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 Re: Where are your drains? (jonhelmer) »8:41 PM 2/12/2010 Reply  Edit

Quote, originally posted by jonhelmer »
My 09 H18 has a drain hole in the center of the front lockers at the lowest point inside. It is a black hole that is plastic and runs into the center channel of the boat under the floor.

Never looked for it in the back, but my X-60 has the drain in the front compartment.

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