hello,
I just bought a DS and put her in the water for the first time last weekend. I looked in the haul and noticed I have several inches of water in there. I have a couple questions:
1) the drain plug at the bottom of the stern is out, but the water remains. Do I just need to drive it on a hill and let it sit? I live in Florida, so they're hard to find. The "ramp" that we used to load/unload was very shallow.
2) I was given 2 plugs with this boat, one of them obviously fits into the back of the boat, but I can't figure out where the other one fits, so I'm wondering if I'm leaving something unplugged. The second plug looks like this:
http://www.drmarine.com/proddetail.asp?prod=DR020
The description with this part isn't very helpful to me.
3) The self bailer doesn't have the hex piece on it (http://www.drmarine.com/proddetail.asp?prod=DS81). The part on the outside of the boat looks right and has the ball, but inside the cockpit there is just a plug. Does it need replacement? I'm assuming I leave the plug open when sailing?
Any assistance is greatly appreciated! I've been crewing on big boats for years, but this is my first boat, so I might be popping in with more questions.
Thanks!
Sandy