[Public-List] deck mounted bilge pump

[Gordon Laco]

Hello David,

It is certainly not a Henderson… 

Thank you for sending the photo… it is clearly a Whale Gusher 10.

Cheers


Gordon Laco
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> On Sep 15, 2021, at 5:37 PM, David Terrell via Public-List <public-list at lists.alberg30.org> wrote:
> 
> Thanks for the alternate view. Right now I think I probably do not
> have the whale pump as it is not yellow in color. It has been
> suggested that it may be a Henderson.
> David
> 
> 	-----------------------------------------From: "Stephen Gwyn via
> Public-List" 
> 
> To: public-list at lists.alberg30.org
> Cc: "Stephen Gwyn"
> Sent: Wednesday September 15 2021 2:00:12PM
> Subject: Re: [Public-List] deck mounted bilge pump
> 
> A dissenting opinion: I find the Whale manual bilge pump incredibly
> unreliable.
> The slightest pinhole in the diaphragm or lack of seal in the flaps
> and
> you can't get enough
> head to pull water up out of the bilge. The aluminium body very is
> prone
> to corrosion
> if there is a scratch in the coating. And for some reason they use
> British Whitworth threads which make sourcing replacements difficult,
> expensive or both. It's capacity in terms of GPH is much lower then
> the
> larger electric pumps. The ergonomics of pumping are poor; pumping
> more than a few minutes with get very tiring, very quickly.
> 
> Manual bilge pumps are not required by Transport Canada on vessels
> over 9m.
> 
> I have 3 pumps on board. The Whale, a 2200gph Johnson and a 150gph
> Rule,
> with the last on an automatic switch. Every spring, I dump the water
> tank into
> the bilge and exercise all 3 pumps. There are problems with Whale
> almost
> every year, whereas the Johnson and Rule have failed only once each
> in
> 15+ years.
> 
> "Oh" you say "but the electric pumps won't work if the batteries are
> underwater."
> I assure you, from experience, they will work just fine. The Johnson
> had
> the bilge
> dry in less than a minute.
> 
> I have, as I say 3 pumps. But the Whale is not the one I'm counting
> on.
> 
> SG
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