Observations/experience in this regard sought and appreciated.

Courtney

Oblique observation:
Ripped out the old diesel genset--noisy, smoky, hull-rattling--and installed
a 1500 watt inverter to handle the small 110 loads. For emergency charging,
we stow a Honda eu2000 gasoline generator in a plastic tote-box on the
fantail. Where am I going with this? When we bought the Honda generator, I
looked long and thoughtfully at some Honda PUMPS I didn't know were even on
the market. Very tempting, but we resisted. The Honda generator is
amazing; quick start, very quiet, and apparently bombproof dependable. I'd
expect their pumps to be the same. Might at least look at them.
Cheers,
Dick B.

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Courtney

a plywood board (found under your seat pillows, some cloth (sometimes
found in a t-shirt), a tube of 5200 (at home depot, not at Worst
Marine), and a clear mind will patch anything that a pump could ever
fix.

Now, gasoling for a good beach BBQ might get me going!

Courtney Thomas wrote:

Observations/experience in this regard sought and appreciated.

Courtney


What are you cruising in, a Chicago class CG?

DSK

On Tue, 31 Jan 2006 04:40:37 GMT, Courtney Thomas
wrote:

Observations/experience in this regard sought and appreciated.

Courtney

Are you planning on pumping gasoline or water? If gasoline, you need
very specialized equipment to prevent sparking, static build up, and
vapor accumulation.

If water, an ordinary bilge pump should do just fine.

Wayne.B wrote:
If water, an ordinary bilge pump should do just fine.


Actually, when boats do sink it is often because their
pumping capacity can't keep up with the new hole long
enough for the crew to find and plug it. I've read
several stories of cruising boats sinking that started
with an unknown thump etc. and the floorboards were
quickly awash while the crew searched for the problem.

Having watched a 5HP waste pump empty a flooded basement
in just over an hour (was working on a basement crew,
and the hole we were to work in had flooded to the top
due to an overnight thunderstorm) I've been impressed
by the sight of a 3" hose running at full capacity under
the influence of that little gasoline powered pump.

Sure would be nice to have a big pump like that in the
engine space slaved to that nice big diesel propulsion
motor.

I read somewhere about some german engineer who had his
cruising boat rigged with two of them.

Don W.

Don W.

In article . net,
Courtney Thomas wrote:

Observations/experience in this regard sought and appreciated.

Courtney

Just about every North Pacific Fishing Vessel has a nice little, or maybe
not so little, HONDA Trash Pump aboard, with appropriate suction hoses,
strainers, and discharge hoses. It is considered REQUIRED Equipment by
most skippers. Can be used to keep the water in the fish hold
circulating, as well as keeping the water in the bildge from going over
the top of the engine.

Me

On Tue, 31 Jan 2006 18:10:32 GMT, Don W
wrote:

Having watched a 5HP waste pump empty a flooded basement
in just over an hour (was working on a basement crew,
and the hole we were to work in had flooded to the top
due to an overnight thunderstorm) I've been impressed
by the sight of a 3" hose running at full capacity under
the influence of that little gasoline powered pump.

Have you seen this:

http://www.starmarinedepot.com/Rule+...bmersible.html

Assuming you have an adequate battery bank, it is probably quicker to
activate and more reliable than a gas driven pump. I understand that
some of the rescue outfits are carrying them aboard for emergency
pumping situations.

Don W wrote:


Wayne.B wrote:

If water, an ordinary bilge pump should do just fine.


Actually, when boats do sink it is often because their
pumping capacity can't keep up with the new hole long
enough for the crew to find and plug it. I've read
several stories of cruising boats sinking that started
with an unknown thump etc. and the floorboards were
quickly awash while the crew searched for the problem.

Having watched a 5HP waste pump empty a flooded basement
in just over an hour (was working on a basement crew,
and the hole we were to work in had flooded to the top
due to an overnight thunderstorm) I've been impressed
by the sight of a 3" hose running at full capacity under
the influence of that little gasoline powered pump.

Sure would be nice to have a big pump like that in the
engine space slaved to that nice big diesel propulsion
motor.

I read somewhere about some german engineer who had his
cruising boat rigged with two of them.

Don W.

Don W.


I am in construction and have spent a lot of time over the years trying
to get recalcitrant one cylinder motors to start, whether they be on a
trash pump, a chain saw, a compressor or the like. I have also read a
lot of stories about Coast guard pumps not starting after they are
dropped on board.

This past November I was onboard a boat that hit a ledge in Woods Hole,
MA and I can tell you it is sobering to see how ineffectual standard
bilge pumps are.

The TowBoat US boat that eventually took over from the Coasties put a
pair of these on board:
http://www.starmarinedepot.com/detai...duct_id=RU1416

I had never seen one before, but plan to buy one. I think the odds of it
starting when/if needed are much better than a small gas engine pump.



My .02

Jonathan


I am building my daughter an Argie 10 sailing dinghy, check it out:
http://home.comcast.net/~jonsailr

Me wrote:
In article . net,
Courtney Thomas wrote:


Observations/experience in this regard sought and appreciated.

Courtney


Just about every North Pacific Fishing Vessel has a nice little, or maybe
not so little, HONDA Trash Pump aboard, with appropriate suction hoses,
strainers, and discharge hoses. It is considered REQUIRED Equipment by
most skippers. Can be used to keep the water in the fish hold
circulating, as well as keeping the water in the bildge from going over
the top of the engine.

Me

Is it gas or electric ?

If electric do they run 'em from Honda generators too ?

Interesting. Thank you.

Courtney