[Public-List] manual bilge pump placement

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Ed
I have #380 and the same location as your bilge pump.  My pump is located
on standoff wooden blocks that allow clearance for the exhaust pipe.

John Boor
MAHSEER #380





>    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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