Here's something different: http://www.radicalgear.com/Built-InBilgePump.html I wonder where you mount it so a) you can pump it in lumpy water and b) where it's going to retract where it is out of the way? Clyde Sisler http://csisler.com *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.gasp-seakayak.net/paddlewise/ ***************************************************************************
still requires hands. foot/electric doesn't. Deck mounted henderson chimp pumps do a similar job and have been around for ages but have gone out of favour because you need to use your hands. these pumps require a bit of bodgying around, making of attachment points (eg false bulkeads, moulded bulheads, attachments to rudder /footrest bars), glassing, drilling of holes etc but its not hard and well worth the effort. Note new email address Nicholas Gill School of Geography and Oceanography University of NSW Australian Defence Force Academy Canberra ACT 2600 Ph. 02 6268 8317 Mob. 041 7659440 Fax 02 6268 8313 Email: nicholas.gill_at_adfa.edu.au ---------- > From: Clyde Sisler <clyde_sisler_at_email.msn.com> > To: Paddlewise <PaddleWise_at_lists.intelenet.net> > Subject: [Paddlewise] Built in bilge pump > Date: Tuesday, 11 May 1999 10:06 > > Here's something different: > http://www.radicalgear.com/Built-InBilgePump.html > > I wonder where you mount it so a) you can pump it in lumpy water and b) > where it's going to retract where it is out of the way? > > Clyde Sisler > http://csisler.com > > > > > *************************************************************************** > PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List > Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net > Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net > Website: http://www.gasp-seakayak.net/paddlewise/ > *************************************************************************** *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.gasp-seakayak.net/paddlewise/ ***************************************************************************
From: "Clyde Sisler" <clyde_sisler_at_email.msn.com> To: "Paddlewise" <PaddleWise_at_lists.intelenet.net> Subject: [Paddlewise] Built in bilge pump Date sent: Mon, 10 May 1999 20:06:19 -0400 > > I wonder where you mount it so a) you can pump it in lumpy water and b) > where it's going to retract where it is out of the way? > It's an interesting design, Clyde, but once it's mounted, it's mounted. From a look at the literature a few months ago, it appears to be a hardmounted "handpump", and you have to be able to grab the handle and pull up straight from wherever you mount it (in a two inch hole cut through your deck). Dunno --- interesting, but I'd still rather have my hands free. 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/ ***************************************************************************
re JM's comments on the bilge pump pull up straight from wherever you mount it to my mind a design where you pull straight up as this has is a step backwards in design from the diaphragm pumps with their horizontal handle. It has to be close to you. nic *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.gasp-seakayak.net/paddlewise/ ***************************************************************************
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