Thanks Harry, I hooked mine up this past weekend...Wow both manual and auto pumps work great! Thanks for the tip. PS I had a good chance to clean up and inspect the bilge and the keel bolts as well. I did find 5 or 6 pie shaped plastic or composite wedges just laying there in the bilge. Does any one know what they are or what they are for? They measure about 1/8th inch thick 3" tapering to 1" Ted Pinelli In a message dated 8/25/2010 12:22:54 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, [email protected] writes:
When we got the boat it had a manual bilge pump in the cockpit pit with pick-up tubing that led to the bilge. At the end of the tubing in the bilge was a small 90 degree brass pump strainer. I just removed the strainer and attached the electric pump. I have had this set-up for a couple of years and both the electric and manual pumps work fine. --- In [email protected]_ (mailto:[email protected]) , tedp...@... wrote: > > > Harry, I am ready to install an electric pump as well. Can you tell me exactly where and how you tapped into the existing manual hose? > > Ted Pinelli > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: harrybauersfeld <harrybauersf...@...> > To: [email protected]_ (mailto:[email protected]) > Sent: Mon, Aug 16, 2010 8:19 am > Subject: [IC27A] Re: Bilge Pump / furling sail > > > > > I installed an electric bilge pump to the end of the existing maunual pump tubing and it works fine. The auto bilge pump will pump through the manual pump and you can still use te manual pump if needed. > > --- In [email protected]_ (mailto:[email protected]) , "timyoung3333" <try4121@> wrote: > > > > Hi folks. I will apologize in advance for the newbie questions. I just bought a c27 last week. I'm a dinghy sailor that is new to keel boats. > > > > The bilge pump on my boat is manual - no electric pump, let alone automated switch. There is only one tube, for the hand pump, running from the bilge out the back of the boat. Can I simply add an electric bilge pump in the bilge? Will the electric and manual pump be fighting each other on the same line? If so, any suggestions for capacity, brand, or features to look for? > > > > Also, the rigging includes a roller furling. I have a basic jib, storm jib, and a 170% genoa. Only the base jib is setup for the furling, the others have hanks. The 170 looks like it has hardly been used. Is it worth getting this sail converted to use the furling? Can I use it as the primary sail on the furling and just pull out only the amount of sail I need for the conditions? > > > > Thanks! > > Tim Young > > >
