Hello all…..
Im buying my wife a new secondary bildge pump for Xmas and want it to have its own discharge hose. Currently my beneteau has two factory installed pumps that work in tandem. Have two issues: 1- the pumps are inadequate for the boat and 2- the two hoses combine into a similar sized hose and exist the boat through one fitting. My feelings are that the two pumps get restricted when going into the similar hose it pumping maximum water.
Anyway, want to remove one of these pumps and run a single hose out and then add a high capacity pump with its own float and thru hull fitting.
question: what is the best way to cut the hole through the gel coat without making a mess? Thought I would use a hole saw with a long enough pilot bit and score the outside gelcoat drilling slowly in reverse. Then once down enough, finish the job going through the fiberglass.
Love any advice.
Greg
s/v Souleil
Im buying my wife a new secondary bildge pump for Xmas and want it to have its own discharge hose. Currently my beneteau has two factory installed pumps that work in tandem. Have two issues: 1- the pumps are inadequate for the boat and 2- the two hoses combine into a similar sized hose and exist the boat through one fitting. My feelings are that the two pumps get restricted when going into the similar hose it pumping maximum water.
Anyway, want to remove one of these pumps and run a single hose out and then add a high capacity pump with its own float and thru hull fitting.
question: what is the best way to cut the hole through the gel coat without making a mess? Thought I would use a hole saw with a long enough pilot bit and score the outside gelcoat drilling slowly in reverse. Then once down enough, finish the job going through the fiberglass.
Love any advice.
Greg
s/v Souleil