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Add a gardern hose gasket to each of the transom drain plugs and crank them tight with a cresent wrench. Seal all seams on the 190 cockpit with Rule elastomeric. While on the trailer, water test with a garden hose to see if you can create any leaks at thru hulls and bait tank. Today, I did just that and was amazed to see water coming out of my inner hull drain, drip by drip but definitely water is getting in there with just a hosing off of the boat. The transom plugs held water fine so in the water they should keep it out too! I would install a second starting battery with a switch to run both or one at a time and have one or two bilge pumps...possibly the second...a little higher up than the first with an audible alarm. Run both batteries while the boat is left unattended in the water and make sure the bilges will run on any battery combination. Also, the boat will not sink, but would swamp if flooded and the motor head will remain out of the water...as long as the batteries are also high enough....I made a pressure treated wooden cradle to keep the batteries elevated and sit flat as well as installed ss hinges so the seat flips up and forward exposing the entire battery compartment. Good luck and keep the batteries charged.
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