Re: [Paddlewise] foot pump??

Send reply to:  	"AlderCreek" <acks_at_teleport.com>
From:           	"AlderCreek" <acks_at_teleport.com>
To:             	<PaddleWise_at_lists.intelenet.net>
Subject:        	[Paddlewise] foot pump??
Date sent:      	Wed, 24 Feb 1999 16:11:51 -0800

> Without doing a major searchola  could someone PLEASE tell me where to find
> foot operated bilge pumps.  I know they were in discussion here in the
> recent past.

I've already done some major sercholaing, Steve, and there are a 
few options: you can work with a retailer who works with Great 
River Outfitters --- the British kayak distributor in the US --- or you 
can work with Great River Outfitters itself and purchase a 
Henderson Chimp Foot Pump for something around $220.  Or you 
can work with a boating supply place that deals with Henderson; 
there is a distributor in New England for Henderson and Whale 
(same parent company).  The list price from Henderson retailers for 
the same pump is $142, and you can usually get that pretty heavily 
discounted (just bought two pumps during a Washington's birthday 
sale for $82.50 each, so there's a lot of markup on these things.)  
(Can't give you a lot of direction, but Fawcett's in Annapolis, MD is 
a Henderson dealer, if that's convenient for you.

Another option would be to buy a Whale or Gusher handpump for 
around $45, find a stainless steel conical compression spring to 
install inside the pump body (having removed the handle) and 
adding a pedal of some sort to the flange; but having tried this with 
very limited success, it's not the greatest option.

Good luck!

Jack Martin
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