[Public-List] deck mounted bilge pump

[dterrell1 at charter.net]

thanks. I just send all the photos to Gordon as he requested. I should
do this for the whole group as well.
David

	-----------------------------------------From: "Winslow Ayer" 
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Cc: dterrell1 at charter.net
Sent: Friday September 17 2021 5:32:12PM
Subject: Re: [Public-List] deck mounted bilge pump

 David, photos don’t show on the list.

 Winslow

 > On Sep 17, 2021, at 5:53 PM, David Terrell via Public-List  wrote:
 >
 > Gordon
 > Attached are photos of the front of the pump as well as of the deck
 > fitting in the cockpit. I have also attached images of the exploded
 > diagrams of both the Gusher 10 and the Titan. The exploded diagrams
 > make me think that I have a late Gusher 10. It seems relevant to me
 > that part that the operating lever is attached is more like the one
in
 > the exploded diagram for the 10 than the Titan.
 > Your thoughts.
 > David
 >
 > -----------------------------------------From: "Gordon Laco via
 > Public-List"
 >
 > To: "Alberg 30 Public List -- open to all"
 > Cc: "Gordon Laco"
 > Sent: Friday September 17 2021 9:48:57AM
 > Subject: Re: [Public-List] deck mounted bilge pump
 >
 > Me too…. I consider the electric pump a convenience, but being
more
 > reliable and more powerful, the manual Gusher 10 is the main pump.
The
 > output ratings for electric pumps are measured at the spigot, with
no
 > head. Even a few feet pushing up water reduces this theoretical
output
 > dramatically.
 >
 > Gordon Laco
 > Surprise 426
 >
 >> On Sep 17, 2021, at 11:40 AM, americo silva via Public-List wrote:
 >>
 >> different strokes for different folks
 >> I have both
 >>
 >>> On Fri, Sep 17, 2021 at 10:49 AM Stephen Gwyn via Public-List <
 >>> public-list at lists.alberg30.org> wrote:
 >>>
 >>>
 >>> One more go around on the Whale pump (made in Northern
 >>> Ireland, the country that built the Titanic...)
 >>>
 >>> To address Americo's comment: Yes, electric pumps
 >>> won't work if the batteries die. I've never had a dead battery,
 >>> but I have had a cracked diaphragm in my Whale pump.
 >>>
 >>> To address George's comments: Your experience is very
 >>> different from mine. You find that the mean time between failures
 >>> is higher for the manual pump, whereas I find the reverse.
 >>> Hmm. Do we need more data?
 >>>
 >>> The other comment I have is that both times I found
 >>> water over the floor boards, it was very reassuring to
 >>> know that I could start looking for leaks while the electric
 >>> pump took care of the current water. In both cases,
 >>> the reason was trivially fixed and solvable even if I had
 >>> had to man the pumps, but if it had been trickier and
 >>> I had get to the cockpit every 5 minutes, that would
 >>> have been... stressful.
 >>>
 >>> SG
 >>>
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