[Public-List] Bilge Pump-water ingress

[dan walker]

i may need more beer

--- On Wed, 7/7/10, mahseer at kos.net <mahseer at kos.net> wrote:

> From: mahseer at kos.net <mahseer at kos.net>
> Subject: Re: [Public-List] Bilge Pump
> To: "Alberg 30 Public List -- open to all" <public-list at lists.alberg30.org>
> Date: Wednesday, July 7, 2010, 2:53 PM
> Most of my water enters through the
> engine room vents plus some through
> the lazeret fresh air vent.
> 
> John Boor
> MAHSEER #380
> 
> 
> > i have had three automatics since 2000 so yup, they do
> not last. finally
> > figured out most of the water in my bilge was from the
> rain. going to buy
> > a case of beer the next time they predict three days
> of steady rain and
> > put a floodlight in the area under the cockpit and
> just stare until i
> > figure out the source.
> >
> > --- On Wed, 7/7/10, darcyhaldeman at cs.com
> <darcyhaldeman at cs.com>
> wrote:
> >
> >> From: darcyhaldeman at cs.com
> <darcyhaldeman at cs.com>
> >> Subject: Re: [Public-List] Bilge Pump
> >> To: public-list at lists.alberg30.org
> >> Date: Wednesday, July 7, 2010, 11:50 AM
> >> Thanks for all the info.  Yes,
> >> we have the manual pump, and no, we won't depend
> on the
> >> auto.  It's just one more layer of protection. 
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: Rachel <penokee at cheqnet.net>
> >> To: Alberg 30 Public List -- open to all
> >> <public-list at lists.alberg30.org>
> >> Sent: Wed, Jul 7, 2010 11:34 am
> >> Subject: Re: [Public-List] Bilge Pump
> >>
> >>
> >> 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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