The water in the bilge and the water in the cockpit are two unrelated problems. A bilge pump pumps water out of the bilge only. Usually, the water in the cockpit drains overboard through scuppers. It is a bad idea to allow the cockpit to drain into the bilge.
Bob Bob Boyer s/v Rainy Days C&C Landfall 38 (Hull # 230) (Presently in Baltimore for the summer) blog: dainyrays.blogspot.com email: dainyr...@icloud.com > On Oct 15, 2018, at 1:29 PM, Sid via CnC-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: > > Good Afternoon, > > I have a 1980 C&C 24ft. Sailboat. > We had some heavy rain a couple times last couple weeks. > > There is a board inside the cabin on the floor the covers the keel. It fills > up with water when it rains. > The boat has a manual pump in cockpit close to the stern of the boat that I > use to pump out that water but it does not pump out the water in the holes in > the cockpit. > There are two holes that the rain water goes in to in the cockpit. I can > access the space below the cockpit via the right locker. I can see a U shape > pipe the two holes connect to and that pipe goes inside the bottom of the > hull. This past storm there was so much rain that the keel hole filled up > the floor had 1/8 inch of water on it. > > I notice that when I manually pump out the water in the keel that the water > in the cockpit pipe it did not pump that out. > > 1. is it normal to get water in the keel after it rains? > 2. anyone know how the water leaves the boat when it rains in the cockpit? > 3. where to install a bilge pump that turn on automatically to pump out the > water? > 4. how / where to run the bilge pump pipe to? > 5. does to cockpit water goes to the keel hole in the cabin? I am assuming no > the way the pipe leave the hull below the cockpit. > > Thank You > Sidney > > _______________________________________________ > > Thanks everyone for supporting this list with your contributions. Each and > every one is greatly appreciated. If you want to support the list - use > PayPal to send contribution -- https://www.paypal.me/stumurray >
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