RE:[Paddlewise] pump my ride

 Philip wrote:
>>>>>... Ibm toying with the idea of seacocks that would
allow me, in the event of hatch leakage, to drain water from the bow or
stern
compartments into the cockpit, where the pump could dispose of it. To be
operable at sea, that would require a pipe from the bow bulkhead, so Ibll
have to decide whether itbs practical.<<<<<<

It will also probably require a pipe through each bulkhead that goes out to
near the end of the kayak because as the compartment floods that end of the
kayak will sink more into the water (and water won't flow up hill to your
sea cocks on its own). Further, you will likely need an air bleed into the
compartment so that air can get in to replace the water you pump out 9unless
maybe the leaking spot serves that function). You will also likely need some
way to change hoses on your pump to handle the compartments through bulkhead
hoses, unless you can figure some way to blow air into the compartment to
push the water out the hose and into the cockpit area where your cockpit
pump could get at it.

If one is going to use a high capacity electric pump it might be easier to
not have hatches and bulkheads but rather use gear bags and/or float bags
for flotation. That way one pump would serve the whole boat and you wouldn't
need any big hatches that might leak or somehow come off. You would know
your kayak was leaking a lot sooner that way as well.

Matt Broze
www.marinerkayaks.com
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