Bilge pump location?

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Mar 6, 2012
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Oday 22 Penetanguishene
My Oday 22 does not have a bilge pump. It rained last night and there are a few leaks, mainly through bolt holes toward stern. It's fairly flat back there so water would have to get fairly deep to work. There is an access hole through floor near the keel that seems quite deep but no water seem to settle there. Where is the most effective location for a bilge pump?
Chris
 
Dec 26, 2009
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Oday 22 cleveland
I have a 22, and I only get water after it "really" rains hard (I have a few above water leaks, I plan on taking care of this season.). I have my pump, a small one, located in the space under the floor board. The space is really kinda small. It's located on the port side. The strbrd side will tend to fill up a-bit, till it spills to the post side. There is a rib that goes down the middle. With mine, it's usually a pretty small amount of water, and I have the pump hooked up to a float switch. I also have it hardwired to my fuse box, with a fuse. That may not be the best way, But it's been like that for the last 3 years. If I feel like I need to pump it out, I pick up the floor board and manually lift the float for a bit.
Although I've never used it. The manual lever pump is also one hell of a pump. On mine, it's situated a bit differently. The intake is a flexible hose, housed under the port "sitting area". The coil is about 6'ft long and about 1" , It would be easy to take that hose to suck out water from any other cavities.
 
Mar 6, 2012
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Oday 22 Penetanguishene
Thanks Kevin, I have a few leaks as I mentioned through some bolts that hold down the wood trim at the gunnel which I intend to fix before putting the boat in the water. They are located more in the stern so water tends to settle under the cockpit area. Its not very deep back there so I was wandering how members got the water out other than using a sponge & bucket.
 
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