[jergofish]

Codfish, what you said makes perfect sense to me. Thanks, now besides putting the boat on a set of scales, how in the heck does one figure out if there's water in the foam voids?

By the way, went out today for the third time and actually had a chance to fish. Caught a largemouth on the third cast. A good omen? As to fish in the fishboxes. Sorry, we're pretty much catch and release. I also have an old 100 quart cooler and if we're actually going to keep a fish, it will probably end up in there. The fishboxes hold the life jackets, snorkeling gear, some fishing tackle, etc. anything that can get wet and not rot or stink.

Oh, I forgot, the way I used to keep the bilge clean in my old Western was to suck it out every once in a while with the shop vac. It picks up all the shavings, line bits, small pieces of paper, etc, everything a bilge pump hates. I've been lucky with that method and never had one fail. Now how do you, "knock on wood" in a Triumph!!!