I have a jabsco belt driven bilge pump in my sportfisher. The boat has a keel so I just hollowed out and glassed in a sump at the point where water collected, down into this keel area. The boat has a fairly flat bilge so a little water covered a large part of it. I used a regular Jabsco pressure water pump, normally used for fresh water plumbing, but it works fine. Jabsco makes this type of pump for bilge applications also, and in much larger sizes. I used a plastic/stainless strainer from a farm supply store (cheap, easy to service) mounted on a stringer. The pump is about two feet above the sump, in a dry, accessable space. The device that really makes this setup work is a WaterWitch pump switch (no moving parts to fail or jam) They are GREAT, I can't say enough good things about these switches, and the company is top notch to deal with. I also installed a cycle counter (again, waterwitch) so I know at a glance how many times the pump has ran, usually about 2 times daily, unless the AC is on and dumping condensate into the sump (soon to be remedied with a condensate container/pump out unit). One thing to look out for and maintain is the strainer. If it cloggs the pump will run continuously. This setup has been working now for about two years with no problems (except for the clogged strainer, once) and the boat is BONE DRY. _________________________________________________________________ Play free games, earn tickets, get cool prizes! Join Live Search Club. http://club.live.com/home.aspx?icid=CLUB_wlmailtextlink

I have three Whale diaphragm pumps installed on my GB. Two smaller ones for the shower drains and one big one for the holding tank pump out. I just bought another large one to use a bilge pump - not yet installed. Easy to install and so far very reliable. Dave 42' GB "Daisy" bob england wrote: > I have a jabsco belt driven bilge pump in my sportfisher. The boat has a keel > so I just hollowed out and glassed in a sump at the point where water > collected, down into this keel area. The boat has a fairly flat bilge so a > little water covered a large part of it. I used a regular Jabsco pressure > water pump, normally used for fresh water plumbing, but it works fine. Jabsco > makes this type of pump for bilge applications also, and in much larger sizes. > I used a plastic/stainless strainer from a farm supply store (cheap, easy to > service) mounted on a stringer. The pump is about two feet above the sump, in > a dry, accessable space. The device that really makes this setup work is a > WaterWitch pump switch (no moving parts to fail or jam) They are GREAT, I > can't say enough good things about these switches, and the company is top > notch to deal with. I also installed a cycle counter (again, waterwitch) so I > know at a glance how many times the pump has ran, usually about 2 times daily, > unless the AC is on and dumping condensate into the sump (soon to be remedied > with a condensate container/pump out unit). One thing to look out for and > maintain is the strainer. If it cloggs the pump will run continuously. This > setup has been working now for about two years with no problems (except for > the clogged strainer, once) and the boat is BONE DRY. > _________________________________________________________________ > Play free games, earn tickets, get cool prizes! Join Live Search Club. > http://club.live.com/home.aspx?icid=CLUB_wlmailtextlink > _______________________________________________ > http://lists.samurai.com/mailman/listinfo/trawlers-and-trawlering > > To unsubscribe send email to > trawlers-and-trawlering-request@lists.samurai.com with the word > UNSUBSCRIBE and nothing else in the subject or body of the message. > > Trawlers & Trawlering and T&T are trademarks of Water World > Productions. Unauthorized use is prohibited. > -- David Harnitchek, PE