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bilge pump maintenance
Horvath wrote:
On Tue, 21 Aug 2007 17:54:12 -0400, "Wilbur Hubbard" wrote this crap: I disagree. Manual bilge pumps are unnecessary. It is rightly said that a frightened man with a bucket can get rid of water faster than any manual bilge pump. Here's a hint for you that might save lots of emergency pumping or bucketing. As many times a leak comes from a thru-hull or a broken/jammed seacock or ball valve or hose all you need to make a temporary fix is some toilet plungers in stock. Get the old fashioned kind without the extra cone inside the plunger. Unscrew the handle and store a couple of the rubber plungers. If you get a leak you can't control at a thru hull don't pound one of those stupid wooden plugs into it. Just jump overboard and place the plunger over the thru-hull; the water pressure will seal it on until you can get to a yard to fix it. I guess you've never heard of duct tape. I'm Horvath and I approve of this post. He uses it for birth control. |
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