Does any one know of a good bilge pump that is not electric that will
work well for a dinghy.

A cut off milk jug and a sponge.

Mr. bilge pump wrote:

Does any one know of a good bilge pump that is not electric that will
work well for a dinghy.

A cut off milk jug and a sponge.

Mr. bilge pump wrote:

Does any one know of a good bilge pump that is not electric that will
work well for a dinghy.

On 10 Feb 2004 19:50:34 -0800, (Mr. bilge pump)
wrote:

Does any one know of a good bilge pump that is not electric that will
work well for a dinghy.


Why not use a cut off bleach bottle and a sponge? That is what most
people do.





Rodney Myrvaagnes J36 Gjo/a

"That idiot Leibniz, who wants to teach me about the infinitesimally small! Has he therefore forgotten that I am the wife of Frederick I? How can he imagine that I am unacquainted with my own husband?"

On 10 Feb 2004 19:50:34 -0800, (Mr. bilge pump)
wrote:

Does any one know of a good bilge pump that is not electric that will
work well for a dinghy.


Why not use a cut off bleach bottle and a sponge? That is what most
people do.





Rodney Myrvaagnes J36 Gjo/a

"That idiot Leibniz, who wants to teach me about the infinitesimally small! Has he therefore forgotten that I am the wife of Frederick I? How can he imagine that I am unacquainted with my own husband?"

On 10 Feb 2004 19:50:34 -0800, (Mr. bilge pump)
wrote:

Does any one know of a good bilge pump that is not electric that will
work well for a dinghy.

Outside of a coffee can or one of those horrid piston pumps made of
the cheapest plastic on the planet that flops around in the dink
always in the way, I like the Cordless Attwood, myself.

http://www.iboats.com/products/7/422...less_pump.html
Runs about 5 hours on 3 D cells......a lifetime of dingy pumpout. I
recommend putting alkaline D cells into it because they have a very
long shelf life......

Too bad it doesn't have a float switch to keep the dink dry when it
rains.....

I doubt you'll find a dink bilge pump that is so self contained for
only 5" of deck space.....about the same as that damned coffee can.



Larry W4CSC

No, no, Scotty! I said, "Beam me a wrench.", not a WENCH!
Kirk Out.....

On 10 Feb 2004 19:50:34 -0800, (Mr. bilge pump)
wrote:

Does any one know of a good bilge pump that is not electric that will
work well for a dinghy.

Outside of a coffee can or one of those horrid piston pumps made of
the cheapest plastic on the planet that flops around in the dink
always in the way, I like the Cordless Attwood, myself.

http://www.iboats.com/products/7/422...less_pump.html
Runs about 5 hours on 3 D cells......a lifetime of dingy pumpout. I
recommend putting alkaline D cells into it because they have a very
long shelf life......

Too bad it doesn't have a float switch to keep the dink dry when it
rains.....

I doubt you'll find a dink bilge pump that is so self contained for
only 5" of deck space.....about the same as that damned coffee can.



Larry W4CSC

No, no, Scotty! I said, "Beam me a wrench.", not a WENCH!
Kirk Out.....

Wow, that's pretty cool, Larry, and costs about twice what those
crappy "Scotty" hand pumps cost. I like to take my Zodiac RIB out into
Lake Ontario in heavy water and fly off the waves. Naturally, it's
damp fun. Having this wee thing draining the sump would save my arms
for rowing G...right...

R.

On Wed, 11 Feb 2004 04:24:10 GMT, (Larry W4CSC) wrote:

On 10 Feb 2004 19:50:34 -0800, (Mr. bilge pump)
wrote:

Does any one know of a good bilge pump that is not electric that will
work well for a dinghy.

Outside of a coffee can or one of those horrid piston pumps made of
the cheapest plastic on the planet that flops around in the dink
always in the way, I like the Cordless Attwood, myself.

http://www.iboats.com/products/7/422...less_pump.html
Runs about 5 hours on 3 D cells......a lifetime of dingy pumpout. I
recommend putting alkaline D cells into it because they have a very
long shelf life......

Too bad it doesn't have a float switch to keep the dink dry when it
rains.....

I doubt you'll find a dink bilge pump that is so self contained for
only 5" of deck space.....about the same as that damned coffee can.



Larry W4CSC

No, no, Scotty! I said, "Beam me a wrench.", not a WENCH!
Kirk Out.....

Wow, that's pretty cool, Larry, and costs about twice what those
crappy "Scotty" hand pumps cost. I like to take my Zodiac RIB out into
Lake Ontario in heavy water and fly off the waves. Naturally, it's
damp fun. Having this wee thing draining the sump would save my arms
for rowing G...right...

R.

On Wed, 11 Feb 2004 04:24:10 GMT, (Larry W4CSC) wrote:

On 10 Feb 2004 19:50:34 -0800, (Mr. bilge pump)
wrote:

Does any one know of a good bilge pump that is not electric that will
work well for a dinghy.

Outside of a coffee can or one of those horrid piston pumps made of
the cheapest plastic on the planet that flops around in the dink
always in the way, I like the Cordless Attwood, myself.

http://www.iboats.com/products/7/422...less_pump.html
Runs about 5 hours on 3 D cells......a lifetime of dingy pumpout. I
recommend putting alkaline D cells into it because they have a very
long shelf life......

Too bad it doesn't have a float switch to keep the dink dry when it
rains.....

I doubt you'll find a dink bilge pump that is so self contained for
only 5" of deck space.....about the same as that damned coffee can.



Larry W4CSC

No, no, Scotty! I said, "Beam me a wrench.", not a WENCH!
Kirk Out.....

I prefer the plastic orange juice jug cut diagonally so the handle remains.

These one gal. jugs are much heavier than the milk jugs and surprisingly
they don't seem to deteriorate in the sun.. I get several years out of one,
if no one 'borrows' it and doesn't return it (call it stealing if you want).

When I was living aboard on a mooring and would leave my dingy at a dingy
dock, they never bothered my oars or tried to steal my Sea Gull OB. Just my
dingy bailer..

I finally went to a recyling bin and gathered a dozen juice jugs, band sawed
them diagonally and left one in every dingy at the dock.. Never had any
problem with them 'borrowing' mine again.

However, next season I'm going to have to have a hand suction pump since I
found, last season, there was no way to get the rain water from under the
full floor board in my inflateable. I'll have to drill a couple ~1" holes in
the floor back near the transom for the suction hose.

Steve
s/v Good Intentions