My 307 has a center bilge with no bilge pump. The problem I have is when it is at the dock any water that gets into the rear bilge drains to the center bilge where there are 2 valves for the toilet. These valves are often under water and the only way to remove the water is with a wet dry vacuum. Has anyone else experienced this and if so is there a solution.
Freedom 307 Bilge
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I don't know your boat... and someone will likely respond back to help better...
But do you also have a forward bilge where there IS pump... and is the center bilge supposed to drain there but the drain hole between the two is currently plugged?
Otherwise, installing a bilge pump might be in order.
Unless, in your boat, the enter bilge is supposed to drain into the aft bilge but you have so much weigh forward that it's disrupting that? But, again, I don't know your boat
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But do you also have a forward bilge where there IS pump... and is the center bilge supposed to drain there but the drain hole between the two is currently plugged?
Otherwise, installing a bilge pump might be in order.
Unless, in your boat, the enter bilge is supposed to drain into the aft bilge but you have so much weigh forward that it's disrupting that? But, again, I don't know your boat
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Yes - I have a 2009 307. Many years ago I discovered the same thing. Our boats sit slightly bow heavy but not heavy enough to get to the front pump. Any water in the bilge settles where the two sea cocks are located for the head. I too, used to pump that water out with a handheld pump into a bucket. One of my winter projects was installing a bilge pump down there and ran a wire from an accessory switch at the helm, and ran the drain through the shower pump out hose. Now it works perfect. But it was a PIA.
Thanks for your reply. I thought installing the bilge pump would be too difficult. I ended up blocking the tubing that runs from the rear bilge to the center area of the boat. That has solved the problem.