Unintended showers inside the boat at high speed. Val Trent Could the water have been coming in through the hull to deck seam which may have not been sealed properly during manufacture? You mentioned that the hull was running bow down and throwing up a lot of spray. The deck to hull seams usually have the deck part overlapping on top of the hull part. This could act like a scoop and with the water striking this area with some force, it finds its way in side the hull. You wouldn't normally be looking at this area while the boat was running from the outside. Try it again with someone inside the boat probing around and looking at these locations where possible and see if that could be the source of the water. The impact of the water into a slot between the two parts can create quite a bit of pressure causing it to spray around a bit. Russ Hughes Slo-N-Easy Richland, Wa.