[Public-List] deck mounted bilge pump

[americo silva]

please post on the Alberg 30 Facebook Group

On Fri, Sep 17, 2021 at 8:35 PM David Terrell via Public-List <
public-list at lists.alberg30.org> wrote:

> 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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> 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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