In the storage lot there is a boat on a trailer parked next to my 5th wheel and there is light brown stuff - about the consistancy of a milkshake oozing from a hole in the side of the boat. Its a moomba ski boat and there are 2 chrome holes one above the other and the ooze is coming from the bottom hole. Thought these would be bilge pump holes but cant imagine what this puddle of stuff is on the ground. Any ideas boaters? Not about to smell, touch or taste so forget that now...gg.

Drug dealers stashed it at a storage lot with dead bodies? Maybe ask the person at the front desk to check it out. Call them from your cell phone when your there and ask them to come out to your space.

are these above or below the waterline? could be bailing drains for the cockpit area and dead leaves, fish guts, etc. would not look pleasant. bumpy

run far away :) :)and then park next to something different!no idea. eww. makes one wonder but it is probably an easy explanation but I am not a boater to the max so will be interesting to hear what people think.

A mix of oil and water from the bilge? It's still gross to think that this sludge is leaking into our waterways...

Oil mixed with water makes a brown oozy mess. Cleaned enough of it out of bilges in my youth to last a lifetime.

Brown oooze?? | Good Sam Community

16 Replies

Bumpyroad
Explorer
Sep 05, 2014
CavemanCharlie wrote:
Good God ! You mean people now have enough money that they can afford to buy a boat built purposely just to make a big wake for wake boarders? .

yep, and you can meet one of them just idling along and really get bounced by the wake. only slightly less obnoxious than jet skis.
bumpy
Paul_Clancy
Explorer
Sep 05, 2014
Wake boarding is huge here. Competitions yearly etc. looks like it was oil and water. Speedy dry on it now. Thanks all.
CavemanCharlie
Explorer III
Sep 05, 2014
Good God ! You mean people now have enough money that they can afford to buy a boat built purposely just to make a big wake for wake boarders?

My 1973 Silverline Comoro makes a big wake but, that just because it's so darned waterlogged and sets so low in the water. If it weren't for the smart tab; trim tabs I installed on it I couldn't even get the old pig up on plane with it's old 4 banger stovebolt Chevy motor. . There is a nice boat in the town near me for 3200 and he will let me pay for half at a time. But, I only had my old boat out twice this year and I don't want to spend the money. I did get me thinking though.
newman_fulltime
Explorer II
Sep 04, 2014
Bumpyroad wrote:
newman fulltimer wrote:
those are the intake and dump holes for the water tanks the boat has to create a bigger ski wake.It sounds like they have some muddy water in them and are not completly emty

ah yes, probably a wake board boat. are there chrome board mounts on both sides of the console?
bumpy
. bumpy it has a tower that holds six boards and has a rope hook and bimini top made into as oldguy says all the time google them
Paul_Clancy
Explorer
Sep 04, 2014
Did not notice board mounts but probably. Had a big rider tube in the cabin
Bumpyroad
Explorer
Sep 04, 2014
newman fulltimer wrote:
those are the intake and dump holes for the water tanks the boat has to create a bigger ski wake.It sounds like they have some muddy water in them and are not completly emty

ah yes, probably a wake board boat. are there chrome board mounts on both sides of the console?
bumpy
Oasisbob
Explorer
Sep 04, 2014
Sand, mud collect in the lowest point of a boat and probley leaking out . No worries. Not for you atleast
2oldman
Explorer II
Sep 04, 2014
Is it really hot in there? I googled "brown ooze boat" and got lots of hits.
bukhrn
Explorer III
Sep 04, 2014
Call the EPA, they'll tell you what it is. ;)
rhagfo
Explorer III
Sep 04, 2014
Deb and Ed M wrote:
A mix of oil and water from the bilge? It's still gross to think that this sludge is leaking into our waterways...

X2, engine oil leak into bilge mixing with water.