automatic bilge pump outlet

O911 owners,

Shanti came without an auto bilge pump, and I'm installing one. Does anyone have suggestions on locating the outlet mushroom? The manual pump discharges through the transom "vents" near the bottom but I wonder if using those would produce backwash into the bilge in a following sea.

Also, I noticed that the flat bilge is really hard to keep dry with the standard rule-type pumps. Anyone have a trick (I'm using the old giant-sponge method now) to keep that a little drier?

Thanks,

Jon        

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