Thanks for the replies. I would encourage others to look in these areas for the same problem. Sounds like there's at least two of us. I've now scraped the loose cracked gelcoat in the bilge area (pic) and am leaning towards thoroughly cleaning and applying some sort of epoxy bilge paint or rubberized coating to hopefully protect the exposed fiberglass from the inevitable water that sits in the bilge. Any and all ideas are appreciated.
Official 19SPX/21SPX/SPX190/SPX210 Thread
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GypsmJim
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- Boat Info
- '19 SPX 190 OB, 150 & 5 Mercs
'17 Whaler 150 Montauk
'15 Yamaha FXHO
'60 Mulray Dinghy
'52 Lyman 15'
- Engines
- Mercury 150 4-stroke
72 Outboards representing 12 manufacturers
Yes, OEM black rubber mat. The chipping was likely at places where the glue was applied. Looks to me like water was left in there a very long time and might have gone thru a freeze cycle, thus causing the damage. Probably superficial by the look of the pictures. What I see is mold, which is inevitable if water is left there. A coating could be applied, but then mold will form on top of the coating.
I keep my plug tightly installed in the hole that accesses the bilge. Any water that collects on the deck from swimming, etc, goes into the bilge where the bilge pump is located. I only keep things in the ski locker that we want to keep dry (don't use skis), so that compartment has never had any water in it.
I don't recognize the last picture that shows the pump. Was a section of deck removed?
I keep my plug tightly installed in the hole that accesses the bilge. Any water that collects on the deck from swimming, etc, goes into the bilge where the bilge pump is located. I only keep things in the ski locker that we want to keep dry (don't use skis), so that compartment has never had any water in it.
I don't recognize the last picture that shows the pump. Was a section of deck removed?
Mine is an outboard model so last pic is the area below the inboard engine compartment (storage for me). This is the bilge area where a certain amount of water is always present unless the drain plug is removed. Previous owner dry stacked his boat. I'm guessing the marina guys would stack the boat without removing garboard drain plug and some amount of water would remain in bilge. It's a 2019, but only 110 hours on the 200 ob.
