Well I let my kids talk me into storing the boat (05 XLV) this summer at the lake. Was fine the first 2 times but my boys left the ballast drain switch on 2 days ago and ran the batteries down. today when we arrived we had water up to the 3 sprinkle ballast manifold and the engine would not start even after jumping. It turned over but would not start. We live 2 hours away and all my goodies (jumper, extra battery, 12v manual ballast pump that would pump out the water in seconds, etc) the bilge would not run so that may be contributing to the problem.

I checked the oil and no problem there. I wonder if some of the electronics are wet, or possibly water in the gas (although the water was well below the spark plugs and the majority of the engine. I am heading back in the morning with the trailer to pull it out and figure out what damage has been done. Any pointers or anyone with past experience. I suspect my packing nut is leaking to fast. I can remember how to tighten that on my v drive.

Thanks in advanced