Algae On Hull - Boat Speed Reduced from 60 to 35 mph

[barbarian]

so how bad was the algae and how long did it take you to clean it? if all this is even real, to lose 20 on a 195 (assuming with a 150 because a 200 will touch 70) the bottom of the boat would have to look like a sea bed and took you a month to clean it off. again if this is not a late aprils fools joke, it has to be water in the boat and it could be from several reasons and almost all of them has nothing to do with the hull leaking. takiing 5 minutes to drain or bilge it out is a lot of water. a 500 gallon/hour bilge running for 5 minutes will pump 40-45 gallons of water which weighs 8.33lbs so that would be about 375 pounds. not sure if that would even be 20mph. it easily could be though depending on where it was resting in the bottom of the hull.

assuming this isn't a joke or fall fishing forum expedition, what dealer sold this boat. i think there is only 1 charger dealer in texas

[New2Bass]

so how bad was the algae and how long did it take you to clean it?
.... assuming this isn't a joke or fall fishing forum expedition, what dealer sold this boat. i think there is only 1 charger dealer in texas

The dealer cleaned the boat and charged me $600: the boat had algae but not that bad after 4 weeks or so. My pontoon which sits in the water all year long is bad, the bass boat algae was mild. Thanks for the info on bilges - I had no idea they pumped that fast.
- This isn't a joke. This was my first bass boat purchase and I haven't laughed yet, and I don't have a punch line.