Finished installing new bildge pump today......this should give me a few minutes to repair a leak.
paulj :troll:
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Bildge pump
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One small electric bidge pump for normal low water with check valve.
One high volume electric bidge pump for those really bad days.
One bailing bucket required by USCG.
One manual bildge pump with no hoses attached.
paulj :troll:
One small electric bidge pump for normal low water with check valve.
One high volume electric bidge pump for those really bad days.
One bailing bucket required by USCG.
One manual bildge pump with no hoses attached.
paulj :troll:
So PaulJ,
You are not worried about the "nightmare" scenario? What if your power is dead and you are taking on water?
Maybe I am just one of those paranoid sailors but I would not feel comfortable with a bucket as my backup. I usually sail with just my wife and dog and I know I could have my wife in the cockpit pumping the manual while I try to figure out the problem and stop the water. If she was trying to do that with a bucket or the manual pump from westmarine, she would likely be in my way.
You are not worried about the "nightmare" scenario? What if your power is dead and you are taking on water?
Maybe I am just one of those paranoid sailors but I would not feel comfortable with a bucket as my backup. I usually sail with just my wife and dog and I know I could have my wife in the cockpit pumping the manual while I try to figure out the problem and stop the water. If she was trying to do that with a bucket or the manual pump from westmarine, she would likely be in my way.
JK_Boston_Catalina310
The what if condtions can go on for ever......
My plan, that gives me piece of mind, is that the new electric bildge pump which is hooked directly to house bank should keep ahead of inflow of water until situation is solved.
If the new pump fails for any reason.......or any situation I can't solve fire, explosion, ran over by another boat, large whale in boat, pirates and etc...... the bottom line is....... it's me and the dog into the dinghy with my little red bag.
I have insurance to cover the loss of boat or $85,000.
These are my thoughts only and not to be used by others.
paulj :troll:
The what if condtions can go on for ever......
My plan, that gives me piece of mind, is that the new electric bildge pump which is hooked directly to house bank should keep ahead of inflow of water until situation is solved.
If the new pump fails for any reason.......or any situation I can't solve fire, explosion, ran over by another boat, large whale in boat, pirates and etc...... the bottom line is....... it's me and the dog into the dinghy with my little red bag.
I have insurance to cover the loss of boat or $85,000.
These are my thoughts only and not to be used by others.
paulj :troll:
That makes sense
If I were sailing solo a lot I think I would make this same change.
Thanks for the explanation and post.
JK
If I were sailing solo a lot I think I would make this same change.
Thanks for the explanation and post.
JK
I like this system, too. Sometimes, I'll fill the bilge with fresh water and run it through the engine, when I know she's going to be sitting awhile, or every couple hundred of hours of operation, just for that fresh water flush.
Hadn't thought of this procedure for flushing the engine and bilge out, good to know you can reach the bilge with the intake hose.
Don't know if the original intake hose will reach the bilge. I have a longer hose attached to a 2-way valve at the strainer. The hose is coiled under the aft bunk. Pumping out the bilge involves uncoiling the hose and throwing the valve. Sucks that bilge dry pretty quickly, too.
Your probably correct, it wouldn't.
Is your 2 way before the strainer or after?
I would think you would want it before, to catch anything that might accidentally get sucked up.
What I meant was, that the engine will empty the bilge quickly, so you need to stand by the 2-way valve, and put it back to the normal position before the bilge is emptied. The valve is before the strainer, and the hose has a strainer on the end. In addition, the hose has a check valve near the pickup, so that the hose is always full of water. The 2-way valve is secured in the normal position by small zip-ties, that can be easily broken in an emergency.
This setup was suggested to me by a friend, who installed the same system in his Island Packet. I had already installed a high-water alarm, but I figured if I ever heard that go off, I'd need some way to remove water quickly, and this arrangement seems to fit the bill.
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