[Rhodes22-list] bilge water, or taking a leak

[Stephen Staum]

Better still, I scrapped the electric pump & added a foot pump in the  
line to the sink.  It is better than a hand pump for washing both  
hands & @ 1 oz per pump a full tank lasts all season.
SS

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On Jul 14, 2009, at 11:40 AM, Rick <sloopblueheron at gmail.com> wrote:

> Joe,
>
> You can get a faucet with a hand pump option to save your lungs for
> breathing.
>
> Rick
>
> On Tue, Jul 14, 2009 at 8:08 AM, Joe Babb <joe.babb at comcast.net>  
> wrote:
>
>> With all the talk about leaks and water in the bilge, I thought I'd
>> share another source just in case anybody else was having this
>> "problem".  Our boat was recycled last year.  From time to time, I
>> noticed water in either the bilge or in the laz.  Experiments showed
>> that it was not from rain.  Was it the CB cap?  To make a long story
>> short after some further detective work I found that it was from the
>> built-in water tank.  This water tank is located forward of the
>> portapotty.  It has a 1/2" hose barb connection at the very top, aft
>> corner.  If you fill this tank with water, and then go sailing  
>> where you
>> are heeled over to starboard for a while (like on Pamlico Sound a  
>> couple
>> of weeks ago) then the tank quietly empties into the bilge.
>> The fix:
>> Take a 3' piece of 1/2" tubing, stick on the hose barb, tie-wrap the
>> tubing to the water fill hose.  No more "leaks".
>> Joe
>>
>> p.s. the other problem you can run into with this tank and associated
>> pump is that if it is fairly empty and you sail heeled over to port,
>> then the hose from the tank to the pump may get an air lock and the  
>> pump
>> won't pump water.  If you've got enough air in your lungs you can  
>> blow
>> on the above mentioned tube to force water up to the pump again.
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