Marian Gunkel wrote: >>>Do you intend to use it as a backup for another pump or as a "stand-alone-application"? Have you checked how much water is in your cockpit after a self rescue / assisted T-or-other-rescue? And how much time x it will take to pump the most important amount of water (nevermind the last 5 liters) out of the cockpit? Have you been breath-operating your pump for this x amount of time? Sitting in cold water in the bath tub (properly dressed for immersion, of course :-))? <<< I have not checked yet how much water stays in the cockpit after a rescue, how it works while sitting in cold water (I used WARM water in the bathtub and got only my hands wet) and didn't check how long I can keep pumping without passing out. Valid questions, but I can't answer them from the bathtub test. I am going to build the pump and perform the next test in a swimming pool, after that I can tell you more. One question I can answer: This pump is meant as the MAIN pump in my boat. I will carry a handpump as a backup. *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************Received on Wed Dec 12 2001 - 01:02:34 PST
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