bsangs
E35-3 - New Jersey
Anyone here ever fashion together a portable backup bilge pump?
My manual Whale Gusher pump continues to baffle me, and if I don't have it working properly before we set out up the Long Island Sound in August, I'd obviously like to have a second means of pumping water out the boat, just in case. I was thinking of cobbling together an automatic bilge pump; long hose that would reach to the cockpit or out a porthole; and some 12-volt battery clips, for quick and easy connection to the battery. Understanding that if too much water gets in it would likely render the batteries useless, and the need for a strong enough pump to throw water up a steep incline, are there any other drawbacks to this?
My manual Whale Gusher pump continues to baffle me, and if I don't have it working properly before we set out up the Long Island Sound in August, I'd obviously like to have a second means of pumping water out the boat, just in case. I was thinking of cobbling together an automatic bilge pump; long hose that would reach to the cockpit or out a porthole; and some 12-volt battery clips, for quick and easy connection to the battery. Understanding that if too much water gets in it would likely render the batteries useless, and the need for a strong enough pump to throw water up a steep incline, are there any other drawbacks to this?