Forgot to put the plug in today at the river. Did not realize it for 3 hours. Still after all that time was able to get the 1850 to plane out till I got to the other end of Evert’s. Once their I stripped my uppers of and installed plug while Tuck held my feet. I was pretty impressed on the bouyancy of boat. What could of been a disaster turned out to be a inconvience to a pretty good day on the river with about 30 caught in 6 hours.
I did the same with my 1860 a couple years back. I was supprised how many hours went by before we new what this dummy had forgotten! 
How long did it take to drain? 
I did that on a morning of a tournament. Luckly it was a little warmer, but the 250 plus boats that were sitting in the harbor watching hurt the ego a little.
Its a long reach to the bottom on a 2100, just about had to put my head under.
Glad to hear it worked out and you got some fish to boot!!!!!
Did not seem like it took very long with the dual bilge , I was not really keeping track with half my upper body numb including half my head. Talk about being a human thermometer 
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LOL. I’m glad to hear I’m not the only one. I forgot mine one of the last nice days (thank God) in November. I just happened to turn my bilge switch on while waiting for partner to park truck and trailer, and noticed they were both shootin’ water out for about 10 secs before quitting. I immediately new what was going on, but was surprised to see how slowly the water was coming in down in the bilge pit.I motored down stream from Evert’s to avoid potential embarrassment & did the “full shoulder , 3/4 head-under dunk /dive” into 43 degree water a few times before gettting it tight. An inch farther and I wouldn’t have gotten it without retrailering. That “lip” under the 1850 makes it more of a challenge. Might be a good excuse to look at a 1900 or 1950 (in my dreams).
Your auto bilge must not be so sensitive as some. I would have thought it would have showed it’s pumping self sonner than 3 hours to notice.
Please don’t misunderstand, I’m not knocking anything! Just surprised that you didn’t have the auto running before 3 hours.
My Lund is nose down on it’s trailer as well as nose down in the drive to boot. Never keep the plug in it and am amaized to the amount of water that the 1950 Tyee holds till the auto pump kicks in!!
Very often the rush of water going into the hull pulls the plug back into the drain hole which greatly limits the volume of water that comes into the boat. I fished out a Ranger for 8 hours one day before we took on enough water to fire the bilge. Of course I’ve had it go the other way too where the plug didn’t get pushed back into the drain hole and the bilge was on in no time flat.
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Very often the rush of water going into the hull pulls the plug back into the drain hole which greatly limits the volume of water that comes into the boat. I fished out a Ranger for 8 hours one day before we took on enough water to fire the bilge. Of course I’ve had it go the other way too where the plug didn’t get pushed back into the drain hole and the bilge was on in no time flat.
My tracker would SINK FAST!! Yet another reason to get one of them sparkly boats!! 
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Very often the rush of water going into the hull pulls the plug back into the drain hole which greatly limits the volume of water that comes into the boat. I fished out a Ranger for 8 hours one day before we took on enough water to fire the bilge. Of course I’ve had it go the other way too where the plug didn’t get pushed back into the drain hole and the bilge was on in no time flat.
That was a good point James that I had never thought about!
In my first boat I put the plug in from the inside. I had forgotten it a couple of times in 18 years, but in my currant boat I can not reach the hole from inside and has to be put in from outside. I never have forgotten it in the 11 years that I’ve owned this one.
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