Thanks! I've got the radio. Never heard of the wax rings. I'll get some.
BTW, rigged a webcam and old laptop as a no cost bilge monitor. Joel Sent from my iPad On Dec 2, 2012, at 9:25 PM, "Dennis C." <capt...@yahoo.com> wrote: Joel, Just my opinion but first, most of your boat isn't 3 feet below the waterline. Second, the hole probably won't be a full 2 inches open but a jagged splintered opening. Third, go buy 3 or 4 toilet bowl wax rings and throw them on the boat. They'll plug a lot of oddly shaped holes. Wad them up and jam them in the hole, smash them in really good. Third, slowing down the flow of a hole isn't terribly difficult. Place a life jacket, pillow or whatever is handy over the hole and brace it with more "stuff". Maybe keep an inflatable dinghy flotation bag on board to press the seal against the hull. Spend some time thinking about how you would patch a hole here or there or over there. Many of us Navy vets went through damage control training. The training was real. We were placed in a training mock up where water poured in through various holes of different shapes and locations. You'd be surprised at how quickly you get creative when you're getting inundated with hundreds (not 69). :) If you can't slow the flow down substantially, a larger bilge pump isn't going to save you. Put your boat bucks in a good DSC distress capable VHF radio. Dennis C. Touche' 35-1 #83 Mandeville, LA ------------------------------ *From:* Joel Aronson <joel.aron...@gmail.com> *To:* "cnc-list@cnc-list.com" <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> *Sent:* Sunday, December 2, 2012 7:59 PM *Subject:* Re: Stus-List 35/3 bilge pump Lee, if he is right Note that a mere 2-inch-diameter hole 3 feet below the waterline will let in 69 gallons a minute, or more than 4,000 gallons an hour. and my pump is 4 gpm and I use both manual pumps I'm still screwed! Joel Sent from my iPad On Dec 2, 2012, at 7:54 PM, Lee Youngblood <leeyoungbl...@earthlink.net> wrote: Hi Joel, Your job is not to need it! Read John Vigors blog from November 27, 2012 How fast will you sink? http://www.johnvigor.com/Blog.html Sometimes I think pumps are like "psychological placements" when rock climbing, you put them in when you can, and it helps to think you tried, but you know it won't stop you if you fall. I zippered six or eith pitons in the old days, and was saved by my partner. I landed on top of him, and he was hurt a lot more than me. Oops. Usually color of the pump doesn't matter, just get the biggest one that will fit, and install well. Good Luck, Lee sv Simplicity A 1974 C&C 35-II in Seattle rain. Joel, I bought one of these (I haven't fitted it yet) it has a built in electronic float switch and will fit between my keel bolts. http://www.defender.com/product.jsp?path=-1%7C51%7C299222%7C84462%7C316440&id=1579952 If anyone else has one working I'd be interested if it was an OK choice! sam :-) C&C 26 Liquorice Ghost Lake Alberta On 2012-12-02, at 4:32 PM, Joel Aronson <joel.aron...@gmail.com> wrote: The bilge pump on my 35/3 is under the forward dinette seat. A hose leads to a strainer in the forward sump just behind the mast. I'd like to replace it with a higher volume pump, but I can't find one that will fit in the bilge compartment next to the keel bolt without spending ridiculous amounts of money. Any recommendations? Joel 35/3 The Office > Annapolis -- _______________________________________________ This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album http://www.cncphotoalbum.com CnC-List@cnc-list.com _______________________________________________ This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album http://www.cncphotoalbum.com CnC-List@cnc-list.com _______________________________________________ This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album http://www.cncphotoalbum.com CnC-List@cnc-list.com
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