RE: [Paddlewise] Date: Thu, 27 Jan 2000 16:38:30 -0500

From: Robert Woodard <woodardr_at_tidalwave.net>
Date: Thu, 27 Jan 2000 13:39:03 -0800 (PST)
>      I guess I just want to know if I will want this in the
> future. Is it a
> natural tendency for Paddlewisers who build a lot of crap themselves to
> gravitate to having an electric pump on board?
>      Should I jump on it, risking a scolding from the wife for
> not spending
> more on Valentines day?

Hi Huck,

Just a word of caution. Most cheap bilge pumps (<$100) can not prime
themselves and must be sitting directly in the water. I sit mine just behind
my seat, which is also the lowest point in my cockpit.

Woody


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