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

I added a float switch to my little attwood for the dink. Pretty simply,
just make up a bracket and screw it into the top, run the wires through a
hole in the top and silicone the hole shut. Works great!

--


Keith
__
"Going to war without France is like going deer hunting without your
accordion."
- Donald Rumsfeld
"Larry W4CSC" wrote in message
...
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 added a float switch to my little attwood for the dink. Pretty simply,
just make up a bracket and screw it into the top, run the wires through a
hole in the top and silicone the hole shut. Works great!

--


Keith
__
"Going to war without France is like going deer hunting without your
accordion."
- Donald Rumsfeld
"Larry W4CSC" wrote in message
...
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.....

The "Thirsty Mate" hand pumps work well. I have a little
battery operated pump that I use as well.

Doug
s/v Callista

"Mr. bilge pump" wrote in message
om...
Does any one know of a good bilge pump that is not electric that will
work well for a dinghy.

The "Thirsty Mate" hand pumps work well. I have a little
battery operated pump that I use as well.

Doug
s/v Callista

"Mr. bilge pump" wrote in message
om...
Does any one know of a good bilge pump that is not electric that will
work well for a dinghy.