Glen,
I installed a Rule electric bilge pump that sits in the after part of
the bilge and discharges into the port forward cockpit scupper drain
hose just under the cockpit sole (opposite the scupper with the sink
drain). A check valve is a good idea with this arrangement, even though
the connection into the drain is above the waterline. I then put a
float switch on a strap (stainless) that has a hole big enough to fit
over one of the keelbolts, uing a jam nut to hold the strap to the bolt.
It's a long story but my boat does not have the deep sump under the mast
step - it was filled in - but if you put the suction hose down into the
sump it will need a float switch there also. There are switches that
would fit but it would a job getting one in there, I would imagine.
Neil Gallagher
Weatherly 35-1
Glen Cove, NY
On 1/25/2021 4:25 PM, Glen Eddie via CnC-List wrote:
Hello everyone,
I have a C&C 35 Mk I. As many know, it didn’t come with an automatic
bilge pump (just a manual whale gusher). I want to install an
automatic bilge pump this off season and would like to hear
suggestions. I think the hose should go into the bilge well below the
mast step but I am wondering to what people affixed the switch.
As always, thanks in advance.
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