I believe everyone here has had issues with the v-drives having water. I noticed the same thing with my DD but there is no ski looker. There is only a in floor ice chest right in front of the ski pole. I talked to the dealer who sent me to SC who eventually sent me back to the dealer. You can hear the water sloshing when you wiggle the boat. The dealer made a small hole and went in with a borro scopeand said not much water they could see and closed it up and said not to worry about it and SC supported that. my boat is an 06 outback I bought new and I still think the liftime hull warranty should cover something like this. I am not sure if I were to drill an access hole where I would even drill it on this boat? Any other DD owners have this issue?