[Public-List] manual bilge pump placement

[dickdurk at atlanticbb.net]

On #220 (circa 1967) the original bilge pump was mounted 
in the STBD sail locker. The suction hose snaked down into 
the bilge, but the exhaust side was just a hose that was 
pulled out of the locker every time it was used. From your 
description, that hole on the port side was the vent (and 
mount) for the bilge blower. It vented into the cockpit. 
the original bilge pump wasn't a whale, but the type that 
was a tube with a push/pull rod that had a leather on the 
other end, if you follow. The whale gusher is a big 
improvement.

MichaelGrosh
#220


On Wed, 11 Feb 2009 20:47:00 -0500
  Knickman Family <knickman at gmail.com> wrote:
>   Last May I was fortunate to buy "Bluejay", #372, built 
>in 1969.  I live
> in Maryland, but she had spent her sailing life on Lake 
>Erie.  She was a
> one-owner boat and apparently was sailed regularly out 
>of Port Clinton,
> Ohio.  As her previous owner had retired and moved to 
>Florida, she was
> passed on to his son, living in Maryland.  She was 
>hauled to the Chesapeake
> but for whatever reason never used.  The son finally put 
>her up for sale
> last year.  Other than some new sails, the boat is 
>essentially unaltered
> from her original state.  I had her hauled to my home 
>last summer and have
> been slowly (but surely) getting her back to seaworthy 
>condition.  I have
> re-worked the atomic 4 engine and she runs well.  I have 
>replaced all the
> toerails with new teak.  The hull was a very faded (but 
>otherwise sound)
> royal blue, and I've re-painted with Interlux Perfection 
>royal blue.  All of
> the old thru-hulls and original gate valves have been 
>replaced, with the
> addition of seacocks this time.  I'm slowly dismantling 
>the interior and
> refinishing the teak.  And while this has been alot of 
>work, I'm ha
> ving a great time as I go along.
> 
>   I'm currently looking to install a manual bilge pump. 
> My understanding
> is that Whitby had originally used whale gusher 10 
>pumps.  I don't know what
> happened to the original pump in Bluejay, but there is 
>an access plate just
> behind the port locker lid in the cockpit.This plate is 
>about 6 inches in
> diameter.  I'm assuming the pump had been situated under 
>the seat in that
> location.  I have obtained a whale gusher 10 to 
>re-install, but the exhaust
> pipe from the engine passes right through the same 
>location.  The pump can
> fit, but there isn't enough room for the diaphragm to 
>move in and out
> wfithout bumping into the pipe.  So obviously something 
>isn't right.  I
> could move the exhaust pipe further to the outboard side 
>but it would then
> probably start interfering with access to the port 
>locker a bit.  I'd
> appreciate any suggestions or explanations about the 
>original placement of
> these items.  Thanks for any help.
> 
> Ed Knickman
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