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Some water may be the result of the back flow from the bilge pump shutting off. For every bilge pump, there is a small volume of water that fills the hose up to the highest point that washes back down into the bilge when the pump shuts off. This is why I recommend having the bilge pumps setup with a relatively small "maintenance" pump as the first to trigger, so that the amount of back flow is minimized.
Yes, by all means, get the water out of there, and then do keep an eye on how quickly it re-accumulates as well as what circumstances make it fill faster. Does running the engine increase it—which is fairly normal, as the packing gland will drip a bit more when the propshaft is turning. Does heavy rain increase it—which means you've got a leak through the deck to find. Etc.
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You know what the first rule of sailing is? ...Love. You can learn all the math in the 'verse, but you take
a boat to the sea you don't love, she'll shake you off just as sure as the turning of the worlds. Love keeps
her going when she oughta fall down, tells you she's hurting 'fore she keens. Makes her a home.
—Cpt. Mal Reynolds, Serenity (edited)
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