After hearing Nigel Dennis' talk on equipment at the GLSKS, I've decided to look into putting a foot-powered bilge pump in my Valley Avocet RM, as a winter project. I'd prefer not to penetrate the bulkhead, and use the through-hull bolts for the footpeg mounting rails instead. Some sort of mounting bracket running between the rails, with the pump mounted on a central pad. I have shortish legs, so there's plenty of space for the pump. I'm looking for recommended pump manufacturers/models, and any tips from someone who has tried a similar project: bracket construction, mounting, plumbing routing, through-hull fitting, strum box-- anything at all. If this has been covered in a *Sea Kayaker* article, better yet. TIA, Dan Harrison *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************
In a message dated Thu, 17 Aug 2000 1:43:02 PM Eastern Daylight Time, "Dan Harrison" <DHARRISN_at_hfcc.net> writes: << After hearing Nigel Dennis' talk ... foot-powered bilge pump ... Dan, Check out the baidarka mailing list archives at: http://robroy.totalsports.net/baidarka Pumps by Bosworth in Providence RI were recommended there at one point. I'm on a similar project of adding a foot pump to my plywood Yare (CLC design). If you don't see any progress reports from me (off-list), give me a nudge :-) Ralph C. Hoehn Ralph_at_PouchBoats.com http://www.PouchBoats.com *************************************************************************** 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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