[Rhodes22-list] Bilge Pumps

[Bill Effros]

I keep a small hand operated bilge pump in the compartment under the 
settee seat.  10 pumps into the sink and the bilge is empty.  There is 
always a little water in the bilge for one reason or another, it can get 
there from many places.  It rarely comes from the water you are floating in.

I think toy bilge pumps that will fit in our bilge are a joke.  They 
don't have the capacity to deal with serious leaks, and will drain the 
battery trying.
There has never been an R-22 sunk for want of an automatic bilge pump.

Bill Effros


There has never been an

Tatflies at cs.com wrote:
> I opened a small hatch in the floor of my new boat yesterday to discover some 
> water in the bilge and no bilge pump! How do you guys deal with this issue?
>
> Tom T.
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