Really. Radical! Radical Gear in Philadelphia sells an interesting, simple, efficient, relatively inexpensive (compared to other built-ins) bilge pump for kayaks at <http://www.radicalgear.com/Built-InBilgePump.html>. Just wondering if anyone's ever used one before? Seems like a good concept. And the second check valve is in the end of the take-up hose so you can dry things out pretty well --- none of that obscene slosh-back from a relaxed pump. Any experience with it? Jack Martin *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
Jack, Interesting set up-but I wonder if finding some way to mount it forward near the paddlers feet, so it could be foot operated might be a better idea? Thanks for the link! Tommy... At 01:44 PM 6/11/01, JCMARTIN43_at_aol.com wrote: >Really. Radical! Radical Gear in Philadelphia sells an interesting, >simple, efficient, relatively inexpensive (compared to other built-ins) >bilge pump for kayaks at ><http://www.radicalgear.com/Built-InBilgePump.html>. Just wondering if >anyone's ever used one before? Seems like a good concept. And the second >check valve is in the end of the take-up hose so you can dry things out >pretty well --- none of that obscene slosh-back from a relaxed pump. Any >experience with it? > >Jack Martin Survivors of Traumatic Brain Injury [SoTBI] Homepage of SoTBI:http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SoTBI Wood Turns an email list concerning wood-working of all sorts Homepage of Wood Turns:http://groups.yahoo.com/group/WoodTurns Personal homepage: http://www.geocities.com/totemwood2001/index.html *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
From: <JCMARTIN43_at_aol.com> > Really. Radical! Radical Gear in Philadelphia sells an interesting, simple, efficient, relatively > inexpensive (compared to other built-ins) bilge pump for kayaks at > <http://www.radicalgear.com/Built-InBilgePump.html>. Just wondering if anyone's ever used > one before? I saw one in a kayak and asked "What's that?" I got to play with it very briefly. It seems like a good idea, but two things make me cautious. 1 - I didn't like the handle. The ring thing seems like a poor choice. I have visions of it digging into the inside of my knuckle when using it aggressively. I'd probably put a length of line or webbing into the ring as a handle that I can grab with my fist. 2 - It seemed to be made of relatively light plastic bits. This didn't give me the impression that it would last a long time. This may be an incorrect impression and I'd like to be shown wrong. Overall I liked the simplicity and the compactness of it. It didn't take a lot of space. I would like to see this adapted to a foot pump. I can't for the life of me remember when or where I saw it! Mike *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
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