bilge pump

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Re: bilge pump

You know a lot of boaters, especially first time boaters come to these forums for some good general information. But once they see the bickering between otherwise educated adults, it is a turn off for them. Can we all just agree to disagree and move on... Experience will prove the best education. A standard simple pump setup is really all that was needed... I'm equally sure everybody has their own reasons to try and prove their idea it the best one... But really, is the bickering really needed? Really?
 
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This "bickering" you mention is ONE person claiming all sorts of off the wall stuff and trying to argue himself right and the rest of us TRYING to protect the inexperienced who are coming here for help from said off the wall statements.
 
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Re: bilge pump

fishrdan said:
16' boats don't have enclosed engine compartments, or couldn't have an enclosed engine compartment? That's flat out wrong! There are lots of 16' boat's with I/O's and I'd venture to say most of them have a doghouse to hide the bilge. (IE: my old 16' SeaSwirl with a 140HP Mercruiser, and an enclosed engine compartment.)
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There was one just posted today in the Craigslist TLC thread:

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Re: bilge pump

gm280 said:
You know a lot of boaters, especially first time boaters come to these forums for some good general information. But once they see the bickering between otherwise educated adults, it is a turn off for them. Can we all just agree to disagree and move on... Experience will prove the best education. A standard simple pump setup is really all that was needed... I'm equally sure everybody has their own reasons to try and prove their idea it the best one... But really, is the bickering really needed? Really?
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I agree 1,000%
 
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Hope this thread doesn't turn into the same voltage current debate! :facepalm:
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It won't now that it's very clear the limit of bad forum advice is being reached once again.

The original poster has really good information at the beginning of the thread to use as that is typically the case here on iboats. Then what usually seems to happen with long winded threads like this one, The back and fourth stuff starts up and gets nowhere fast. And as we all know from past experience, that is not welcomed here on this forum.

So with that said, lets end the back and forth stuff at my post and the next post really should come from the original poster if he even cares to ask anymore.

Thanks everyone, iboats moderation team.
 
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Re: bilge pump

smokeonthewater said:
This "bickering" you mention is ONE person claiming all sorts of off the wall stuff and trying to argue himself right and the rest of us TRYING to protect the inexperienced who are coming here for help from said off the wall statements.
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Amen, Kevin.

My family used to have a 16' starcraft outboard bowrider. It had a floor and a bilge--and no pump; this was in the early 70's when pumps weren't as common. You pulled the plug and ran it out. You did not know how much water was in it without looking in the hole under the splashwell behind the gas tanks. It stayed in the water at the house and you ran it out after it rained; in bad conditions you ran it plug out. We replaced that boat (for other reasons) with the same type that had a pump. Having had both, I can say that having a pump is better.

I spent last weekend duck hunting in a friend's 16' jon--an open boat, with a steering console and fairly closed-in stern. We had a lot of rain; he doesn't have a pump since he keeps in on a trailer or a couple overnights at the house. In the dark, back under the splashwell, hard to see how much water was there. pulling the plug and running in twisty marsh creeks was a two man job and one of the them had a cold wet hand. Took a long time to run it out, too. I would have had a pump in it if it were mine.

Obviously, if you couldn't pull the plug, you would have to have a pump with either one--like my 17' dual console with a floor drain into the bilge and no scuppers, screw in plug. That one I have a float switch, manual switch and a hand pump.

Just thought I'd throw in a little experience here, concerning boats in the 16' range. Hope it helps those who aren't experienced yet.
 
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Re: bilge pump

How about this? Pumps fail, switches fail, power supplies fail. A 2 gal. bucket has never failed me. But then I never leave my boat in the water unattended so I suppose this doesn't count.

I think the OP has a pretty clear idea now.

Cabin Fever must be running rampant as of late. Spring is only 10-12 weeks away!
 
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something to bail with should always be on board any boat. However, you can get a lot of water under the deck you can't bail. I carry a plastic hand pump in each boat, too, for that reason.
 
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