Episode 13 - Bilge Pump (old one had crapped out, literally!)

Well my poor manual bilge pump was pooped...literally...it had a y-valve on it that pumped out the "holding tank", or the bilge...so...from the yucky y-valve to the thruhull, human waste went through it!! Major Yuck!!! So...my goal was to put it out of its misery and install new hose, a little strainer on the bottom (was just a hose right into the bilge, which could clog) I also had to just cut away the hose clamps, another reason to do the above mercy junking of the poop, I mean, poor, pump...!!
(Yep, I was looking for the little cut-off black hose-size piece & it was sitting right on the pump!)

[@Anglosaxon69]

We are doing the very same thing on our boat thank you so much. You are the only person that actually showed how to do this great channel.👍🇬🇧

[@Westsail32Tiamat]

I am glad I could help! and interesting how one think like that can confuse us humans, lol, but if you get the one "in/out" reversed, you are not going to be in a good place!

[@silverfox1779]

Nice to see the quality parts going into your Flickr

[@Westsail32Tiamat]

Thank you so much for the compliment! I am wanting her to be oh so perfect, for me and her!! ;-) Basically talk my way through it all to be sure I do it right so it looks great as I can do it!

[@Flicka20]

Good job! I would consider the electric auto pump high on my list. I’m hopeful that the Harbor Patrol or a fellow sailer would see the stream of water pouring out the back before my battery went dead.

[@Westsail32Tiamat]

Hey good point, I too always look quizzically at a boat with water pumping out and no one around...do power boats do that?! Yes, I am researching automatic ones next...so I am 50/50 as well as wanting to finish up a few of my little projects now, hah hah!!