Was it a missing raw water drain plug that sank our boat?

[SkiTundra]

One of the missing drain plugs:

[SkiTundra]

Thanks. We're on Turtle in Shoreview. Like others we had a bit of a rough start when they first took over Nautique from Son but since then have been good. This time was a mess. They'd not put the cover on properly so it was caved in and the interior filled w/ water and carpets soaked. When I was doing pre-launch check I found the starboard battery laying on its side, unsecured, not connected and I assume not charged. Then the missing plugs.

It takes a special bit of incompetence to screw up that many things and raises a question about what protocols they don't have in place to insure that customer boats are safe to go in the water before they release them.

[Schlanseay]

Hope you get this figured out. I’ve had nothing but great experience with Marine Max Rogers. What lake are you on?


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[SkiTundra]

Picked our boat up from winter storage and spring start up at Marinemax Rogers this afternoon. When I was doing my third check of everything about 200' out from the boat ramp I found the bilge filling with water pretty quickly. The T plug was in and tight. The water was coming from a threaded opening in the bottom center of the V-drive transmission. I'd guess it was about 1" or 1.25" in diameter. Approx where the arrow is pointing in the photo below. Is that the raw water drain? From the cooling system?

I was able to get back to the ramp, get my trailer in and get it on the trailer before it hit bottom. That's one heavy boat when it's filled with water.

I found a loose plug under the carpet near the bilge access hatch but it's smaller than the opening where the water was pouring in.

Thanks,