Bilge Pump location

The pump should be primed every now and then by pumping water through it.That will help keep the diaphram from drying out. In other words run water thru it often to keep it in working order.

Krusty, the great thing about kayaking is there are no rules.  I actually like the idea of an electric bilge pump, but personally I like the least amount of stuff as possible on and in my kayak.  Less rigging before launch, less to go wrong, less weight.

That is not to say you shouldn't rig your kayak with an electric pump if you want to.

I've thinking about this.  For my T13 and Revo 13, store the pump in the forward hatch.  When its needed, crawl forward open hatch grab pump, close hatch.  Pump water out from center hatch / rod pod.  More stable this way.  I'm getting a West Marine pump first chance, I don't like the Seattle Sports pump design.

I usually store my pump inside the 8" Orbix midship hatch, tied to the attachment points under the hatch cover. It's easy to locate and it can't wander to unreachable spots inside the hull.
But it would be awfully difficult for someone on another kayak to retrieve it from inside the hatch. Like, if I was in the water or something.
So I'll consider storing it in the tankwell or on the deck somewhere (but probably not strapped onto the bow because it m/b hard to grab on a flooded yak).

For years, I've been mulling the idea of a 250 or 500gph electric pump inside my hull. Installed permanently with the hose protruding from the deck. And I still might try it. But I'll bring my hand pump with me too.
The problem with an e-bilge pump is that it only works for the kayak it's mounted in...and more often than not, you'll need to help pump out somebody else's kayak. (Attwood makes a smaller portable bilge pump powered by D batteries though)

It's cool to see people are thinking about their pumps! They're an important tool. I'm going to get the Scotty pump next week. My SS pump is nice and still works but the hardware is starting to corrode after about 3 dozen ocean trips. 

I don't know where my Seattle one is (I also got it from REI)...  Probably lost in one of my yak.
I just got Scotty one from AOTY package that polepole gave me.  It's very light & floats but nice stainless steal bar construction.  I just put it in back tank-well on my P-15, and I even use to pump out the water from my foot-well (I use scupper plug) & it works great!  Fish knocked it out once but it floated & bright orange which I spotted it right away.  It's always on my reach because I use it all the time.

Naoaki


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