On 7 Sep 2004 21:28:10 -0500, Dave wrote:

On Tue, 07 Sep 2004 19:50:09 -0400, Horvath said:

A pump for emptying the water that collects in the icebox. The CS27 has a
huge icebox, but after a few days I have to spend a lot of time first
draining the water into a small bucket and then emptying the bucket.


What a poor design.

Actually, most of the Camper and Nicholson designs, including this one (the
smallest they ever designed, I believe) are pretty well-regarded. A matter
of design priorities. My last boat had a small icebox with a nice drain to a
thru-hull. Never occurred to me that that wasn't almost universal. What it
didn't have is the capacity for as much food and beer as I'd ever need to
store, and a nice rack to hold a block of ice near the top of the box above
the food and drink. Not sure the trade-off is the best one, but it was a
valid design choice.

You know for a couple of grand or so you could install refrigeration
and the related electrical improvements and eliminate that drippy old
ice. Or you could spend the $15 and install a small pump. Most
sailors go the refrigeration route