lonokai
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I went to the docks this after, to do some more of the continual cleaning of my E-27.
I took my ShopVac and proceeded to suck up the disgusting water in the bilge (or is it?), when it started spraying all over the inside of the cabin this, after I have spent days cleaning it up!
I immediately turned off the vac. I had sucked up a couple of gallons of water...and there is still more. I have work to do there....but it was getting dark and I had to clean the stinky mess I had just made.
That took the better part of an hour and I think I have removed all of the offending water from the cabin. Luckily only a little sprayed on my newly dry cleaned cushions. :0
So the question is this.....I thought the bilge ran the length of the underside of the cabin floor and that it was all essentially the same depth...may a little more at the aft end. I had no idea it was that deep.
Is this what's known as a sump? please see the attached crude drawing I just made. We are looking from the side of the boat.
And, is it save to put the bilge pump deeper than it already is?
I took my ShopVac and proceeded to suck up the disgusting water in the bilge (or is it?), when it started spraying all over the inside of the cabin this, after I have spent days cleaning it up!
I immediately turned off the vac. I had sucked up a couple of gallons of water...and there is still more. I have work to do there....but it was getting dark and I had to clean the stinky mess I had just made.
That took the better part of an hour and I think I have removed all of the offending water from the cabin. Luckily only a little sprayed on my newly dry cleaned cushions. :0
So the question is this.....I thought the bilge ran the length of the underside of the cabin floor and that it was all essentially the same depth...may a little more at the aft end. I had no idea it was that deep.
Is this what's known as a sump? please see the attached crude drawing I just made. We are looking from the side of the boat.
And, is it save to put the bilge pump deeper than it already is?
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