Re: [Paddlewise] [nswseakayaker] waterbuster modifications

-----Original Message-----
From: David Winkworth <storm_at_acr.net.au>
To: Nick Gill <nicholas.gill_at_adfa.edu.au>; NSWSKC
<nswseakayaker_at_nswseakayaker.asn.au>; paddlewise
<PaddleWise_at_lists.intelenet.net>
Date: Wednesday, 13 October 1999 19:21
Subject: Re: [nswseakayaker] waterbuster modifications


G'day from sunny (Well, not today) Tuross.  I have just been on the phone to
Mike Foskett at Batemans Bay Power and Sail.  (Where Nick got his pump.)
The recommended retail price of the Atwood Pump is $100.15.  Good Ol' Mike
will sell them to club members for $90.  While we were down at Phillip
Island, I saw a modification for the pump which used a rechargeable 6 volt
battery which fits in the battery compartment.  Might be a good option.
(Dave, it was Ian Ribbins' pump.)

Norm



>Hi Nick and all,
>
>Regarding your battery pump mods...it sounds pretty good to me. Can I
>suggest that you place a plastic saddle (those used to secure garden
>watering system hoses) over the switch to protect it. Switch operation is
>just a matter of flicking under the saddle.
>
>Still on this, could I ask you to turn this into a small "how to" article,
>perhaps with a diagram for the club newsletter. I would also like to send
it
>to a few sea kayak operators in Victoria.
>
>Norm and I were down at Phillip Island last weekend for a big Victorian
>Canoe Board Sea Assessment weekend (I'll write it up tomorrow and post it
on
>this board). There were lots of paddlers turning up for assesment in
plastic
>hired boats without ''Hands-free" pumping arrangements. Fitting an electric
>or foot pump to a plastic hire boat that suits everyone can be a problem
and
>it seems to me that this little battery unit may be the answer. Norm and I
>thought the switch INSIDE the cockpit on the pump body may be a problem in
>big seas but you seem to have overcome that with an exterior switch...so
>well done.
>
>While on the subject of "hands-free" pumps, the paddlers at Phillip Island
>who didn't have them really stood out in rescues and re-enter and roll
>exercises. Their boats were unstable, some had to raft up with others to
>pump out with 2 handed gusher pumps and they all took a bloody long time to
>be ready to rescue others in the rescue scenarios we gave
>them......AND.....this was all in flat water - the seas were
>uncharacteristically calm in Bass Strait! Because of the flat conditions we
>marked hard, something we'll be doing at the Rock 'n Roll Weekend too.
>
>The message, therefore, for NSWSKC members wanting to be assessed for Sea
>Proficiency at the Rock 'n Roll Weekend is : FIT A ''HANDS-FREE'' PUMP NOW
>if you don't already have one. The pump Nick is using may be just what you
>need.
>
>Dave
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Nick Gill <nicholas.gill_at_adfa.edu.au>
>To: NSWSKC <nswseakayaker_at_nswseakayaker.asn.au>; paddlewise
><PaddleWise_at_lists.intelenet.net>
>Date: Sunday, 10 October 1999 10:47
>Subject: [nswseakayaker] waterbuster modifications
>
>
>>in case anybody is interested.
>>
>>I actually prefer foot pumps but for various reasons currently have an
>attwood waterbuster pump in the boat. That's the self contained pump that
>runs off d cells. volume is lower than a rule type pump but the self
>contained design is handy
>>
>>problem is it only has a switch on the pump body. You really need a deck
>switch on a sea kayak. I have added one, experimenting with modifications
to
>a waterbuster.
>>
>>I bought a waterproof toggle switch from dick smith electronics plus
cable,
>the necessary spade connectors etc.
>>
>>to the waterproof switch I soldered a length of cable and araldited and
>sikaflexed the  joints. I then  toook the original switch off the pump (it
>just unscrews) and inserted a blanking grommet in the hole. I then ran the
>wires off the switch through the grommet (having punched  a hole in it with
>a hot nail). I connected the relevant sized spade connectors to the wires
>and attached them to the internal pump connections. I then smeared sikeflex
>all over the grommet and wires where they went through the grommet - inside
>and out. I probably should have used some araldite here as well for some
>stiffness.
>>
>>So now I have the attwood pump with an external switch off a length of
>cable. I then just drlled a hole for the switch just behind the seat ,
>screwed the switch in and screwed on the rubber boot, alI with plenty of
>sikaflex. I then  reintalled the pump in my cockpit, behind the seat.
Voila,
>a deck switch powered waterbuster with no new drill holes in my rear
>compartment.
>>
>>Hopefully the pump will not leak, we'll see.
>>
>>
>>nick
>>
>>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
>>
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>>
>>
>
>
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>
>


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