[Public-List] wash-down device

[George Dinwiddie via Public-List]

Gordon,

Sounds very practical. I can give you a login to the gallery 
(http://www.alberg30.org/gallery/main.php) which is an under-used part 
of the website, or you could send them to me with a text description of 
how you made it and use it and I could turn it into a web page in the 
maintenance section.

  - George

On 10/11/15 4:32 PM, gordon white via Public-List wrote:
>      I have always wanted a way to wash the mud off the anchor.
> Anchoring in Chesapeake Bay mud can result in a very messy foredeck. I
> have designed, in my mind, a portable device based on a bilge pump
> lowered over the side, attached to a hose. This fall I finally built
> one. It works!!
>
>      These little Rule pumps come in various voltages and capacities and
> are often found in second-hand chandeleries for $10 or so. I attached a
> 12 volt 1,100  gph pump to a 56 inch long piece of 3/4 inch PVC pipe
> with a bit of hose and  attached the whole thing to a 1x2 lath and
> screwed a toggle switch to the top of it. Made a sort of hook to hang it
> on the toe rail.
>
>      Most expensive item aside from the pump was the brass fitting to
> attach a short piece of garden hose to.
>
>      I use a 12 volt battery intended for a riding lawn mower.
>
>      Cleans off the anchor pretty well, though it does not really put
> out 1,100 gallons an hour (18 gpm)
>
>      I have a photo, but am not sure how to send it.
>
>      I can bring this thing to one of the February seminars.
>
> - Gordon White
>
> /Br//i//gadoon II/
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