Courtney Thomas wrote:
What minimum capacity water pump and power source is recommended for
emergency use
for a cruiser with a typical 35' monohull ?

Appreciatively,
Courtney

A frightened man with a bucket will beat any electric pump hands down.

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Dennis Pogson wrote:
Courtney Thomas wrote:
What minimum capacity water pump and power source is recommended for
emergency use
for a cruiser with a typical 35' monohull ?

Appreciatively,
Courtney

A frightened man with a bucket will beat any electric pump hands down.

Now that's funny!


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Capt. JG @@
www.sailnow.com

A frightened man with a bucket will beat any electric pump hands
down.

Now that's funny!

I believe I recall reading a test of pumps in a British sailing mag
(PBO?) where this was disproved. Not even close in fact, compared to a
good pump.

A frightened man with a bucket will beat any electric pump hands down.

No ****, during a torrential downpour earlier this year I cleared a good
three feet of water from the well of our basement stairway in what must've
been RECORD time. Five gallons at a time and facing water damage to a lot
of furniture really motivates you to BAIL FAST. But in most boats you've
got nowhere near the room needed to get good clearance to scoop and get it
out of the vessel quickly enough.

"Bill Kearney" wrote in message
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A frightened man with a bucket will beat any electric pump hands down.

No ****, during a torrential downpour earlier this year I cleared a good
three feet of water from the well of our basement stairway in what must've
been RECORD time. Five gallons at a time and facing water damage to a lot
of furniture really motivates you to BAIL FAST. But in most boats you've
got nowhere near the room needed to get good clearance to scoop and get it
out of the vessel quickly enough.


Like the saying goes, "The heart is willing but the fetch is weak." Or
something like that... ;-)