[honest mark]

i am having a problem locating where the water in my mid bildge  is coming from, driving me crazy, i have noticed my port rudder  shaft has a very slight leak, hopefully can just tighten the nut and will fix the leak, hoping at least, i do not think that is what is causing the abundance of water in the mid bildge tho, i got on my hands and knees and sucked out all the water with a shop vac, sat down there by the mid bildge with paper toweling to see where the water was coming from, it was coming from UNDER the bildge pump?? my mechanic said that is there is nothing beneath the bildge so it cant be coming from there, when the boat was on land i looked underneath boat, could find no problems, cannot figure it out, slept on the boat this weekend, the bildge pump came on 1 time all weekend, am i overreacting, is that common, a small amount of water in the mid bildge area, i would say if i had to measure i would say 1-2 inches, when i manually turn on the bildge it runs for approx 10 seconds before the water is gone, just lookin for sum advice , thank you in advance.