My wife and I were out yesterday trying out a new prop. Prop was great except I found out my engine is bolted too high. Kept losing water pressure and getting alarms.

When I loaded the boat, my wife didn’t get it up on the trailer as far as needed. I strapped it down before I realized it needed to go forward a few inches. I backed it back into the water long enough to crank it up a few inches. A 4000 pound boat has to be exactly right on trailer to pull right. While it was backed down it flooded my battery compartment and my double auto bilge pumps kicked on and pumped it out.

I got home and started getting boat ready for a guide trip. I noticed I had the 60 amp breaker for my engine tripped. When I reset it, I hear a motor running down inside by the transom then it will trip the breaker. I checked every switch on the boat and none were on. I reset it again and tried the hydraulic jack plate and engine trim before breaker tripped again. I still hear a motor noise deep inside the boat. I’m thinking I have an auto bilge pump locked up and trying to run. The pumps are 1200 gph. Is it possible a pump motor like this would trip a 60 amp breaker? I have never tripped it before.

Getting to the pumps involves removing my 3 100 pound golf cart batteries. That is a back-breaking job since they are jammed into a space with my two other batteries.

I have no other idea what I might be hearing. Any ideas?


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