Re: [Paddlewise] Foot pump installation

From: <JCMARTIN43_at_aol.com>
Date: Fri, 18 Sep 1998 21:56:58 EDT
In a message dated 98-09-18 16:28:31 EDT, Greg Hollingsworth responds re the
installation of a footpump:

 >I don't have a strum box, sounds like I should get one... how did you
 >attach the hose and strum box to the lower deck?

     Like most stuff in my boat, I use gravity.  Some people like to glass
them into place, but I'd prefer to be able to redesign my boat every couple of
months.  And gravity works.  You can make a functional strum box with a hose
fitting, a foam mold and some fiberglass for pennies --- or got to Rapidstyle
and Dana will sell you a nice one for a couple of thousand pennies.
  
> What's RTV?
 
     What's RTV?  RTV is to marine electronics what duct tape is to everything
else in the world!  RTV is ... <RTV>!  Dunno ..... it's RTV.  Use any marine
grade silicone sealant.  (You <really> work at Johns Hopkins?)

    If all this is going into foam, what holes are you drilling into the boat
--- other than  the overboard port?

Good luck!

Joq

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