Quoting "Schaefer, Klaus" <Klaus.Schaefer@mercer.com>:
HI OLSON 911 GANG
I USE A SMALL WET DRY VAC TO REMOVE WATER BEFORE LEAVING THE DOCK.
EVEN THIS DOES NOT GET ALL THE WATER. DUE TO THE SECTIONED BIDGE A SMALL PUMP
MAY RUN DRY LONG BEFORE THE WATER IS GONE.
ON THE OUTLET FOR THE PUMP UPWARD BEND BEFORE THE OUTLET WILL STOP AND BACK
WASH. DO CHECK THE ORIGINAL PUMP HOSES AS THEY CAN BREAK DOWN IN THE HOT
ENCLOSED SPACE IF YOU TIE WITH STERN TIED TOWARDS THE SUN. DON'T LAUGH
WE TOOK ON 12 GALLONS OF WATER ONE MORNING POWERING TO A START WHEN THE BILDGE
PUMP HOSE SPLIT.
HOPE THIS HELPS NIGEL
> I have found a handpump to be much the best. My boat has a panel that
> conveniently lifts up to give me access. Before every sail, I handpump it
> dry. After a while, like brushing your teeth, you don't think about it
> anymore.
>
> I'm pretty sure that no electric pump exists that will get the water low
> enough. Keeping the bilge water low is essential, at least for me, because
> otherwise when heeling a lot it flows through wire holes into the lockers.
>
> My mast leaking is pretty minimal since I taped up the access points along
> the mast. I can get the collar reasonably tight with plastic wrap, with a
> conventional boot on top to protect the plastic wrap. If I didn't have a
> Sailcomp with a wire running down the outside of the mast and into the boat
> at the collar, I'm pretty sure I could get it watertight there.
>
> Klaus Schaefer
> Jersey Girl
> Lake Ontario
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-olson911@sailpix.com on behalf of Derek Reijnen
> Sent: Mon 14/05/2007 6:43 PM
> To: Jon E; olson911@SailPix.com
> Cc:
> Subject: RE: automatic bilge pump outlet
>
>
>
> I have the same issue. Since it rains often in Seattle, I've got loads
> of rainwater coming through the mast and into the bilge, with only a
> manual pump to get rid of it. I keep wondering if any 911 owner has
> found an electrical automatic pump small enough to fit in the shallow
> bilge, but robust enough not to just clog up. Since the bilge is also
> compartmentalized, getting all the water out without resorting to
> lifting the floor is quite difficult. The result in my case is there's
> almost always water sloshing in and around the bilge and floors when
> sailing.
>
> And while I'm on the subject of water, anyone find a truly effective
way
> to keep rain water from coming through the mast? I can't believe how
> much water comes in. I've tried various collar solutions at the deck
> (Mast-Tight, waterproof tapes, etc.) but nothing seems to stem the flow
> - much of which I suspect is getting into the mast above the deck,
> particularly at the masthead.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-olson911@sailpix.com [mailto:owner-olson911@sailpix.com] On
> Behalf Of Jon E
> Sent: Monday, May 14, 2007 2:35 PM
> To: olson911@SailPix.com
> Subject: 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
>
>
>
>