Welcome aboard.

Is it an inboard or outboard motor?, the stern gland could be the leaky culprit, or leaks through deck fittings are common. Be sure you have an adequate way of recharging the battery, solar etc.
cheers

ChrisJ1978 said..
Hi BlueMoon thanks for your quick reply!

Shebumi has a 6hp Yamaha two stroke outboard in her little well.

Going by the rust stains I imagine quite a lot of the cabin fittings are leaking!

My first job is to get the bilge pumped out but I don't know where to put the pump - it looks like the floor is double skinned and I can't see where the hose from the manual bilge pump is leading to! I think I may have to purchase a self priming inline pump to replace the original manual pump - which I imagine will be big $B.O.A.T$!

I have a N70 100AH battery to power the bilge pump and my work lights - I will soon be purchasing a solar panel and regulator to charge the battery. I'm thinking a 40W panel should be ok.

take a few photos and put them up some one should be able to help that way.. The manual pumps are good to have so you should fix it there are kits available or in might need one of the valves have a some thing stuck in it and or find both ends of the hoses inlet and outlet .
trace where the hoses lead to make sure there clear

Solar panels are so cheap now, get a bigger panel and regulator. You can't have too much power.

First job is to get a manual pump working. You need at least one to be working and a second one wont go astray. Do not ever rely on a 12 volt pump.

Good point Ramona - it's got two manual pumps but neither are connected or working. I saw Whitworths have manual pumps for next to nothing so I'll just grab a new one instead of rebuilding the old ones. Then I just have to work out where to connect it up. I'm back on the boat this arvo so stay tuned for pics!

Ok so a successful afternoon of work yesterday! I got the cockpit locker cleaned out - the two manual bilge pumps were both cheapo plastic ones that were buggered so they got chucked. I used my new electric pump to empty out a heap of water - she sits up straight now - woohoo!

There's still more water in the bottom of the cockpit locker but there is lots of crud down there to block up my bilge pump so I'll have to get a net or something to strain it out before pumping.

I found a diagram of the boat which I'll post up so I can get your opinions on the best permanent location for the pump.

Apologies for the state of the cabin - I've already taken out a ute load of junk but there's another couple to go!