In a message dated 8/14/2003 8:44:12 PM Central Daylight Time, egb_at_dur.mindspring.com writes: > Anybody have good luck with these and have a brand to recommend? I'm > considering a foot pump, but installation will be quite an ordeal due to my > short legs. I'd always have a hand pump as a backup in case of mechanical > failure for a battery operated pump, but would love to find something that > actually pumped out the boat quickly and was fairly easy to install. Thanks > in advance for any information about brands, installation tips, and dealers. > > Dee, I use the Attwood weater buster purchased at West Marine for $30.00. It uses 3 each D cells and it works well. I will note, however that my first experience with it was not so good. It shorted due to a leak in the rubber boot that seals the switch. Therefore, I take care to seal the inside of the switch housing and switch booty with silicone. It's been on my boat for a year without failure. It is not as fast as the Rule pumps that use the gel batteries, etc. But it does empty the boat out from a complete flood in 4-5 minutes and a partial flood in 2-3. The D batteries also survive 2 days worth of training classes where we are in and out of boats a dozen times in a variety of water conditions. Email Peter from Oz about the Rule pumps. They apparently pump out a boat quick and are not a hassle to install. He'll, no doubt, be sending in a note on the subject soon. If he doesn't, I'll dig out an old email of his on the subject that I saved and forward to you. Rob G *************************************************************************** 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 Fri Aug 15 2003 - 08:26:56 PDT
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