Our starboard bilge had about 4" of water in it. I am guessing (only guessing) that it has something to do with the shower sump. Any thoughts on this? Does the shower sump output have a 1-way check valve that could have possibly stopped working?
The second area we found water was in the starboard bow locker where the thru-hulls are. There was about 5-6" of water there. We buried the anchors multiple times and had waves crashing over the boat, and even onto the bimini a few times.
Today, before departing, I tightened the catches/handles on the bow hatch. The sail was slightly less vigorous but we still bashed to windward, taking waves over the bows. There was no additional water in the bow locker but there was a few inches of water in the starboard bilge.
A related problem: we can't get the bilge pumps to work. Any tips on troubleshooting that? We have the manual bilge pump that has the handle in the cockpit and via a 2-way valve, can pump from either the starboard or port bilge.
Bonus question: Who carries additional pumps and if so, what do you carry? We need to get this sorted as we have a couple of months of bashing ahead of us!
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