Englishman
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Yep that is Jim's boat Reel Extreme and Derek's biege Bayliner , Southern Cross, in the background.
FA , did you know Jim's boat used to be called "Fish Assassin" but he changed it partly because when Tom Thompson used to do local fish reports on CKNW radio and Jim gave him reports, Tom apparently refused to say Jim's boat name on the radio !!!!
The Kara J is back afloat and in her moorage now . I assume the motor was dried out and run. The kicker I think stayed above water. The problem was confirmed as clogged scuppers and the rubber flap ( not ping pong style) was not functioning properly. The boat seems to sit very low to stern .....in fact I took a closer look today and the scuppers ,despite being cleaned/fixed , are about half below the water line !
Being curious , I walked around the docks looking for self bailing boats and checked several scupper positions. Not only were there several 20-22 boats with scuppers about 1-2" off the water line( with no people on board too) but even a 208 Grady White adventure with 175 hp and no kicker had scuppers way too close to water line in my opinion.
Notwithstanding all the witicisms about Bayliners, as Peahead has observed practically all self bailing boats are designed with only 1-2 inches of free board reletive to the scuppers. I can't believe all boat designers, including Grady White are making huge marine design errors. I assume the flaps or ping pong ball valves are supposed to stop back flow, which they will IF they are clean. And they will be clean if you take your boat out on a trailer after every trip. If you leave it in the ocean all season, then all bets are off, given how fast marine growth takes place and the badly dis-coloured boats below the waterline I see moored in various places.