[Rhodes22-list] Bilge Pumps

[David Bradley]

Thanks folks.  Another bit of insurance won't hurt.  Will add it to the
ever-growing list.

Dave


On 1/9/06, cjlowe <cjlowe at bright.net> wrote:
>
> Another boat story.
> Last year after a weeks vacation at another lake,My wife and I were
> putting
> the boat back in the home port lake. It came off the trailer a little
> harder
> than usual,It took 3 back -up and stops , to get her to float off the
> trailer.It was a hot day,and I was tired,so we decided to not rig and just
> motor around and go check out the lake on the other side of the bridge.We
> headed under the bridge with the mast on the carrier, motored around about
> 2
> hours ,got back to the slip,tied up,stepped into the cabin  into 2  inches
> of water.
> When I went to launch the boat I forgot to secure the centerboard pendent
> ,the whole weight of the boat landed on the CB ,cracking the CB cap. The
> CB
> will kick up  when the boat is moving forward,but not when it is going
> backwards.
> I think if I had a bilge pump,I would have heard the motor or the sound of
> moving water. I barely got the boat back on the trailer with all the extra
> water in it.It peed all the way home (45 minutes),and I still pumped 50
> gal.
> of water out of it .
> So, yes,I kind of like the Idea of a bilge pump.
> Jerry Lowe
>
>
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