Leak in a hose... What is this?

[Rogerswimuk]

Boat's running great... but when I hooked up the hose to flush everything when I got home, I noticed water spraying from a hose... see picture.

What is this? Is it pretty simple to replace? I'm not a mechanic, but I can replace a hose and clamp it thats all it is.

 

[Dr Honda]

From the second picture, it looks like the cooling water for the head pipe.

I would take the hose off... make sure it isn't plugged up, or split... and put it back on.

 

[Carlo]

I just had the same thing on my 98 sportster. It was the tuned pipe had a small hole in it right behind that hose. I fixed it with some marine tex. hopefully it's just the hose for you, but if it's the pipe, take it off take a small grinder and clean out the hole good then marine tex it and let it sit over night then you should be fine.