My bilge hose has (had) a strainer on it. Last weekend as I was trying to relocate the hose end deeper into the bilge as I pulled it, it literally disintegrated in my hand. One project leads to four….. If your bilge hose is 25+ years old grey stuff you may want to check it. Glad this happened on the hard, not in a storm with a failed main pump…..I will replace the strainer on the end, the hand pump worked fine until I busted the hose.
Rich Carter <> wrote:
“As far as the manual bilge pump, do you guys have the suction secured with a strainer attached to the board, or just loose in the bilge somewhere?”
The boat came with a manual pump mounted in the cockpit. From there a hose ran under the fuel tank and under the engine into the bilge. There was no strainer on the end. The pump never worked well. I finally removed it and replaced with a new pump with a built in handle. Having the handle built in is nice. In an emergency, no hunting for a handle.
http://www.go2marine.com/product.do?no=113146FWhen I pulled the old pump out, I had a chance to give it a good look over. There were small pieces of wood stuck in there. The thing never had a chance to work right.
Rich
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