respect the ocean 2. MY experience

[wiredantz]

Originally Posted by William Novotny

Upon further consideration...If I had a pump I could have exited the kayak, installed the plug, pulled down on the nose of the yak to re distribute the water to the front and then pumped it out. Thank you for catching that. These were my thoughts asi had then on the water yesterday and now I know better and will be picking up a pump before I go out again

This brings a questions to mind: Anyone know how long hand pumps are good for? Last you thing you want is for your hand pump to break on you when you really need it. I remember reading a post a while back where he got filled with water, and he started pumping water so fast, it broke.

[William Novotny]

Originally Posted by wiredantz

This brings a questions to mind: Anyone know how long hand pumps are good for? Last you thing you want is for your hand pump to break on you when you really need it. I remember reading a post a while back where he got filled with water, and he started pumping water so fast, it broke.

I'm sure that depends on how it's stored. I had a shrimp pump that I stored in my yard behind the stairs. Didn't even last a season before the seals were shot.

[ful-rac]

Glad you made it out in one piece...again!

Here's my thread about the bilge pump I installed on my stealth again, just in case you haven't already seen it.

http://www.bigwatersedge.com/bwevb/s...+bilge+pump%5C

[PAL]

Originally Posted by wiredantz

This brings a questions to mind: Anyone know how long hand pumps are good for? Last you thing you want is for your hand pump to break on you when you really need it. I remember reading a post a while back where he got filled with water, and he started pumping water so fast, it broke.

I'd carried a hand pump for a couple of years. When I finally needed it, I got three draws out of it before the handle and pump shaft pulled out of tube, rendering it useless. The manufacturer had affixed it with some type of light metal crimp, probably aluminum. Not cool.