Lee wrote: But after looking through the comments there seem to be too many variables preventing reliability. That being said, I came across an automatic bilge pump which can turn on by itself after sensing a certain level of water. This sounds like the most elegant solution with no switches, wires, etc to deal with. Anyone install something like this in their kayak? I haven't used one of these in a kayak (my boats are all SOT's), but I did install one of these many years ago in an old wooden runabout that I had that always leaked from the rope calking around the shaft. The boat needed to have the bilge pumped every other day or the water would be in areas that were never designed to see water. The pump worked extremely well, but there are wires and switches. There is a manual on/off as well as the float which activates an internal switch. Additionally, the entire unit had to be wired to the 12 volt system in the boat. Steve *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - All postings copyright the author and not to be reproduced/forwarded outside PaddleWise without author's permission Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
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