[Rhodes22-list] Bilge pump

[Mary Lou Troy]

Hi Charles,
Depends on your boat, how often you'll be checking on her, whether 
other people will pay attention etc.

Fretless has been in slip for at least 10 years and we don't have a 
bilge pump. We do check her after a heavy rain. If we take more than 
a few spongefuls of water out of the bilge we know it's time to start 
rebedding things. Our goal has always been a dry bilge and we've 
achieved that probably at least half the time she's been in the slip. 
We do have a handheld manual bilge pump for times when it's really 
been an issue.

There are people on the list with bilge pumps. Perhaps they'll chime in.

Best,
Mary Lou
1991 R22 Fretless
Rock Hall, MD



At 06:51 PM 5/1/2011, you wrote:
>Finally....... after a new bottom job. Trailerling across two 
>counties, after being in the same marina for 15 years I almost 
>forgot how to trailer this boat. And stepping a mast for the first 
>time ever with a crane on the water (last marina had a crane on the 
>ground). I am now in a wet slip for the first time... And just in 
>time to enjoy the Texas summer, maybe with a few breezes.
>
>Question is; I have never had or needed a bilge pump. I suspect that 
>now changes. The boat has always taken on water in rain storms so I 
>am thinking it would be wise to install a battery and bilge pump. 
>Anyone out there have information on this???
>
>1. Size pump?
>2. Separate or integral float switch?
>3. Best pump location?
>4. How much water should I expect to have in the bilge after pump shuts off?
>5. Suggestions on brand?
>6. Etc etc etc
>
>Sent from my iPhone
>
>Charles Nieman
>s/v Blue Feather
>~~~/)~~~~~
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