[Public-List] Bilge Pump

[Rachel]

John,

The iron starts just slightly aft (inches) of the under-sole bulkhead  
that separates the aftermost under-saloon compartment from the engine  
bilge.  So you may not be tapping into it anyway. (But I still prefer  
the L-bracket mounting so you can pull the pump up for service, etc.  
and then you have no fasteners down low).

Not that maybe a liner boat does not have that particular bulkhead but  
the ballast should still end in the same place (i.e. just forward of  
the engine flywheel).

I don't know how they changed bilge construction for liner boats, but  
in the earlier boats all the ones I've seen have a really poor seal  
between the bilge and the ballast pig anyway (as in.... it had  
completely failed).

Rachel
ex #221
On Jul 7, 2010, at 9:50 AM, JIRVING104 at aol.com wrote:

>
> I have a manually operated electric bilge pump, but generally use  
> the whale pump.  the concern I have with the electric pump, is it is  
> mounted at the bottom of the bilge and the screws penetrate the  
> fiberglass into the iron keel.  I would think jeopardizing the  
> watertight integrity of the keel would be a problem.  Has anyone  
> found a good solution to this?
>
> John Irving, #634
>
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