[Rhodes22-list] Bill's Bilge Pump Puzzle

[Steven Alm]

Guys,

The shortest distance from the bilge to the outside is via the sink.

Slim

On 8/23/07, john Belanger <jhnblngr at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> i haven't had to use it yet. i just figured the distance from the lowest
> point in the bilge, leaning out over the hatch ledge, to over the side.
> maybe i should try it out.
>   p.s. are you aware of the sighting technique used by the osprey in its
> dive on prey? (talk about non-sailing subject matter.)
>
> John Lock <jlock at relevantarts.com> wrote:
>   At 09:41 AM 8/23/2007 -0700, john Belanger wrote:
> >why do you have to get it over the transom? why not just over the
> >side? mine is a push-pull but the tube i bought at lowes is only 3' long.
>
> The tube is just long enough to get over the transom. But once you
> start pumping, the thrust of the exiting water pushes the tube back
> into the lazz. I don't have enough hands to hold the pump down, hold
> the tube out, AND work the pump handle. But replacing it with a 6'
> hose from an old shop vac gave it plenty of reach for two-handed
> operation.
>
> > p.s. looked up pandion on wiki. which one is yours?
>
> The Osprey (Pandion haliaetus).
>
> Cheers!
>
> John Lock
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