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Russ.Johnson
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Response Posted - 05/04/2007 :  15:09:23  Show Profile
Barleyrooty,
I installed an electric bilge pump in my water-ballast.

Here's an archive post (a little off topic).
[url="http://www.catalina-capri-25s.org/forum/topic.asp?ARCHIVE=true&TOPIC_ID=12745"]Bilge[/url]

I mounted the electric bilge pump next to the manual bilge pump hose.
You might consider this mod too.
[url="http://www.catalina-capri-25s.org/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=14927"]Bilge Pump Hose Mod for C250WB[/url]

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Dave Bristle
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Response Posted - 05/04/2007 :  16:01:45  Show Profile
<blockquote id="quote"><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"><i>Originally posted by dblitz</i>
<br />...The man at the counter asks, "How old is your boat?" Which gets the appropriate response from me and he asks me why do I want to put an electric bilge pump in a 20 year old boat, which obviously hasn't needed an electric pump in those 20 years. That was a fantastic question, why did I?<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></font id="quote"></blockquote id="quote">
Because 21-year-old saildrives, cooling hoses, thru-hulls, seacocks, speed logs, and depth sounders <i>can</i> develop leaks. <i>"Past performance is no guarantee of future performance."</i> And because if you hit something and punch a hole in the hull, you might not be able to keep up with the hand pump long enough to get to a lift. Are any of those things <i>likely </i> to happen? No, but..........
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barleyrooty
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Response Posted - 05/14/2007 :  16:55:26  Show Profile
Thanks Russ. What kind of pump did you use?
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Russ.Johnson
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Response Posted - 05/16/2007 :  10:53:11  Show Profile
The water-ballast has a lot of room in the bilge, so
the pump size is not as important as in the winged-keel.
I used a Rule 500gph model (because it was on sale).
Pretty much any model will work.
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