Salt water foot pump
- Thread starter Slipin Away
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Only on a Cat 30. It was a good idea at a time. Everything was already in-place for it. The effort involved in the installation was not insignificant, and at the end, no one was really using it. We are in salt water and my wife could not find too many uses for the salt water in the galley. Rinsing dishes with salt water was not a good idea... so before going down that path, make sure that you know why you are doing it.
None here, but my cruising buddy installed one on his 34 foot Pacific Seacraft because he had plans to do blue water sailing. Since he has not ventured out into the blue water yet, and not likely any time soon, his sea water pump never gets used. OTOH, he does use the foot pump for fresh water to save on electricity. His is double action and can select either fresh or sea water via a valve.
A sea water pump makes sense if you plan on being away from freshwater sources for extended periods (months) of time. If not, does not make sense to me. Of course a bow thruster does not make sense to me either, but that is just me being me.