[Rhodes22-list] Bill's Bilge Pump Puzzle

[john Belanger]

ok i guess i have to be more specific. i saw a recent program, that analyzed the sighting technique used by the osprey to keep its prey in sight continuously thru the dive. it has eyes that do not see forward but to the side with a level of peripheral vision straight ahead. this is not accurate enough in a straight down dive so to compensate it locks on with one eye and spiral dives. pretty neat.
  p.s. i guess we all find things out the first time we have to use them. to coin a phrase: "doh!!"

John Lock <jlock at relevantarts.com> wrote:
  At 03:35 PM 8/23/2007 -0700, john Belanger 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.)

You'll realize the problem immediately the first time you use 
it. You either have to find a way to fasten the outlet tube in place 
(by tieing it to something) or use a longer tube. I don't think it 
matters if you go over the transom or the side.

Yes, I grew up watching ospreys on the Delaware river in upstate 
NY. Now, 40 years later, I'm still watch them on Lake Sinclair. You 
may have missed the name announcement on the list a while back -

"My recently acquired R22 has just received her name - "Pandion", 
after the Ospreys that frequent our lake (Pandion haliaetus). Like 
her namesake, she is swift, graceful, and dependent on wind and 
water. Perfect!"

Cheers!

John Lock
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s/v Pandion - '79 Rhodes 22
Lake Sinclair, GA
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