In a message dated 1/29/99 8:44:22 PM Eastern Standard Time, jjeanson_at_intersurf.com writes: << The Henderson Chimp pump is a higher volume pump that can be attached to the bulkhead or to a crossbar/footbrace. It is adequate for emptying a cockpitful of water. Great River Outfitters who sells them (as has been pointed out) can be contacted online at: http://www.erols.com/rapids/GRO. >> Henderson is owned by Munster Simms Engineering Ltd.in the UK; they also own Whale Pumps, and there are a lot of read-acrosses. Whale makes a deck pump called the Urchin which is very similar to the Chimp deck pump, but they don't make a Chimp-style foot pump. But Whale makes a Babyfoot Pump, small, low volume, but possibly suitable for a small boat or for a child's boat. Works great, but takes a long time to empty out a Pintail! GRO sells Henderson pumps, and is a good source, but their prices occasionally approach the obscene. Check with a good chandlery to see if they carry Henderson (there <is> a U.S. distributor). Fawcett's in Annapolis, MD, for example, sells the Henderson line --- as well as Whale --- and lists the Chimp foot pump at $142, might give a discount, and, when they have their sale in February, will sell the Chimp for probably under $100. GRO sells it for $229. Go figure. Foot pumps are great 'cause they allow you free use of your hands with the skirt on while you empty out your boat. Definitely a plus. You can also carry a spare length of hose with a double fitting on one end; this allows you to disconnect your strum box, reconnect the extra hose, and use your foot pump to empty out the cockpit of an exhausted paddler along side . Nice safety factor there. Jack Martin *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.gasp-seakayak.net/paddlewise/ ***************************************************************************Received on Sun Jan 31 1999 - 00:16:25 PST
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