Bilge

[Agent]

I have a 12 ft vanguard power boat, do I need a bilge pump,why do some boats have a bilge pump and others don't, how does the water get into bilge tank?

 

[prockvoan]

Re: Bilge

What waters do you run in?As for as water getting in the bilge,it can come in anyway,boat in water?A 12' boat,chances are you don't have a battery in it,so a beer can with the top cut off will work!

 

[Agent]

Re: Bilge

lakes in & around where I live, yes I have a battery,50hp,I just don't understand how the water gets in, I think I'll go have a beer!

 

[Winger Ed.]

Re: Bilge

Originally posted by Agent:<br /> I think I'll go have a beer!

Very good. Sounds like ya got it all under control.<br /><br /><br />.<br /><br /><br />On 2nd thought:<br /><br />12' boat + 50hp engine + Beer - a bilge pump, <br /><br />that might just be a good recipe for a great future 'Stupid Human Ticks' post.

 

[ED21]

Re: Bilge

You can pump or bail, take your choice.<br />How does water get in? Leaks, spray, rain, condensation, spilled beer, hosing out spilled beer and/or fish slime, climbing in after swimming or skiing, etc.<br />Don't forget the ever popular leaving the plug out.

 

[Agent]

Re: Bilge

Thanks a million for the help, or eight hundred and some thousand Canadian.....ED G

 

[Bondo]

Re: Bilge

Thanks a million for the help, or eight hundred and some thousand Canadian

No...... No....... I Think that would Still be,<br />eight Million and some Hundred thousand Canadian ..................................................................

 

[Richard Petersen]

Re: Bilge

50 hp is OK on a 12' boat. Wide open, blow dry the hull.