Hahaha, I will check out the bilge - let next time I'm out! On Aug 11, 2016 9:56 AM, "David Rifkind" <drifkind@acm.org> wrote:
On Aug 11, 2016, at 8:45 AM, Jazzy <jazzydaze@gmail.com> wrote:
Unless it's somewhere really strange there's no bilge pump. There's no bilge really, it seems the cabin sole just runs to the transom?
I was thinking of a stirrup pump, one of things sort of like a bicycle pump. Or a bucket. You pump from the cabin into the cockpit and let it drain from there. If you're so swamped the cockpit won't drain you probably start there and pump over the side.
There are little electric pumps like aquarium pumps but I think they're more for convenience than for saving your butt, and what do you do when the battery is underwater?
You're right, I think, about the bilge. There's a little space below the cabin floor but it is sealed, air and watertight.
On second thought, if the cockpit won't drain then the drains are underwater and you're probably sunk. Pardon the expression.