Still have that bit of water left behind that bilge pump cannot get rid of ?

[Chiara’s slave]

Someone will be along soon to say there's only dust in their bilges.

That’ll be me.

 

[Poecheng]

I use my Pela vacuum pump to get the dregs out of the bilge. Well I say dregs, more like 10 litres that the bilge pump doesn’t get.

Agree.
I have a number of nylon pipes fixed in place in each of the bilge gathering points. Each has flexi orange gas pipe at the non-bilge end so that I can take the Pela to each 'station' and plug them straight into the top of the Pela.
Makes things very easy as the hardest bit is getting, and keeping, the pipe in position.

 

[dansaskip]

I find it difficult to reach down into my deep bilge to use a sponge and bucket

Tie the sponge to a pole or cane - that works,

 

[petem]

That’ll be me.

And me.

 

[thinwater]

Someone will be along soon to say there's only dust in their bilges.

Common on multihulls with no prop shaft penetration. I've never used a bilge pump in 15 years. I do test them on a bucket of antifreeze every few years.

 

[jbweston]

It's a far cry from the old days when if your wooden boat wasn't leaking through the caulking when re-launched at the start of the season it was leaking through the deck when it rained after the wood dried in hot weather, or dripping out of the stern gland because the stuffing was worn. And when the engine got hot the radiator expansion water shot out to drip down to join the diesel and oil drips in the tin tray under the engine.

On land I still find it a pleasant surprise that I can park a modern car in my garage without a drip tray or two under the usual suspect positions. When I had a car over 100 years old it needed more drip trays than wheels, even counting the spare.

 

[Refueler]

It's a far cry from the old days when if your wooden boat wasn't leaking through the caulking when re-launched at the start of the season it was leaking through the deck when it rained after the wood dried in hot weather, or dripping out of the stern gland because the stuffing was worn. And when the engine got hot the radiator expansion water shot out to drip down to join the diesel and oil drips in the tin tray under the engine.

On land I still find it a pleasant surprise that I can park a modern car in my garage without a drip tray or two under the usual suspect positions. When I had a car over 100 years old it needed more drip trays than wheels, even counting the spare.

My Saaremaa race boat - EOLA - I had in Tallinn .... was pine on elm ..... when re-launched in spring - she needed serious pump in her + hold in slings for an hour or two ... the pump staying there for longer and repeated use for the next few days as the strakes took up.

Here in 2003 winning the Baltsail Regatta in Tallinn :

 

[Chiara’s slave]

Our XOD generally has a token leak just to remind us she’s traditionally constructed, at the beginning of the season.

 

[shanemax]

If his bilge is anything like mine ... its a narrow affair going down to the level where keel bolts on ... I can literally only just get a bilge pump down there !!

Kids water pistol, looks a bit like a bicycle pump with a piece of thin plastic tube attached, then you have the fun of firing it at passing boats.

 

[Refueler]

Kids water pistol, looks a bit like a bicycle pump with a piece of thin plastic tube attached, then you have the fun of firing it at passing boats.

Including the crud and oil ?

 

[Daydream believer]

I have a whale gulper pump in my shower system. In the line is a Hoselock connector which I can disconnect the shower & insert a long wandering hose. In the end of this I have plumbing fitting that takes an 8mm copper pipe about 300 mm long.
Because this is so small it sucks ater to an extremely shallow depth. Being on a wandering hose I have a hole drilled in the cockpit floor. I poke it through & as it is tight it holds the pipe upright. This sucks just about every drop of water from my shallow bilge.
The pump will also quite happily pump out the heds if I remove the copper pipe in emergency. It will also run dry
As for fuel transfer I have a pump installed under the side deck This has a black suction hose & a clear delivery one. I have jerry cans in the aft locker which being partially disabled I was unable to lift & pour in to the tank. Now it is a case of hose in the can & pump in to the tank. I have an on/off swith close to hand to avoid over filling the main tank. So no spillage anymore. There is a main isolator switch well out of the way to prevent accidental use as it uses lots of current. I only use when engine running or shore power on. It transfers 25 litre in about 2 mins.

 

[Refueler]

Today used my Oil Extraction pump to top up the fuel tank on the MoBo .... I hate lifting containers to pour in the fuel ...



That's 45lt gasoline in about 8mins ... OK - not fast - but good enough. Added to the 50lts already on board .... good for about 6hrs med cruise ..

Manual says not for gasoline use - but having taken one apart - the rotary pump is sealed from the drive motor ... so as long as you are out in the open to avoid accumulation of fumes - its fine.

Power ? I used the LiFePo4 battery I bought for the E-motor on the inflatable dinghy.

Been asked to take a few friends on the river tomorrow ....

 

[Sea Change]

45l in 8 mins doesn't sound too bad.
I always run my diesel through a filter funnel and as a result I doubt I'm much faster than that.
I use a jiggle tube, but I find that simply syphoning with the can at deck level inevitably cuts out with about a third of the can remaining. Lifting the can a couple of feet solves the problem. So I use a running backstay to lift the can up, and lash it to the rail. Takes seconds to set up and works very well.

 

[Refueler]

Having delivered odd boats and also my own - with cans of fuel ... I've always hated trying to pour the fuel. Inevitably some gets spilt ...
But this pump changes all that ... now being 12v - it runs of the boats battery ... and you can leave the can standing and just pump it all into the tank .. being positive displacement - when can is empty - it pumps air through the delivery pipe emptying that as well ...