[Public-List] Water inside v-berth with too much heel

[Rick Leach]

Michael,

There really isn't anywhere for it to drain just by gravity.  The best solution I've been able to come up with is to run a "semi-permanent" length of 1/2" hose from the bottom of the small sump aft to below the V-berth drawer where I can slip it onto the suction of my little Par piston pump.  It only takes a minute to empty the sump into a bucket with the pump (or by siphon if there's enough water to fill the hose).  With this suction hose I don't need to mess with the anchor rode or bail with cups and sponges.

The arrangement up there really seems like something of a curiosity.  Why the chainlocker was not completely segregated from the V-berth is a mystery to me.  Eventually I would like to isolate it from the area below the berths and continue to use the little sump as a rosebox for a suction line.  Hope this helps!

Rick Leach
Sugar Magnolia, #121
Monterey, California


From: crufone at comcast.net
Subject: Re: [Public-List] Water inside v-berth with too much heel

Is there anyway to drain this small sump or bilge forward of the water tank? Anyway to fashion a limber passage to drain the water? Otherwise that is a bit of a pain to keep the water out of the bunk drawers which are below the top of the water tank. I believe that the bottom of the tank is the hull? 

Michael #133 
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