Got a problem with a 2006 Champion 187 w/mercury 175 Optimax. Recently purchased this boat and took it out for the first time yesterday. Checked all the plugs, launched the boat, fired right up and went fishing. Decided to check the bilge pump and I was pumping water! Brought the boat home. Filled the bilge area by the intakes and waited to see what came out if anything. Sure enough, it started leaking out the center hole. Not around the outside of the fitting but out the middle of the pickup tube. Hole in the pump? or hose? A boat this new with the low hours it has I figured the least of my worries would be a leak. I had filled the bilge just up to the top of the pump mounted in the transom. The pumps are Rule Hi-Flow Aerator's. Any suggestions/help would be appreciated. First Champion and I was hoping for a trouble free start anyway.