Parker Yahoo Group Archived Messages

ID	From	Subject	Date
208	granpafish	Re: Need advice on Parker 2520	8/7/2004 17:12:00
US, Now I got ya. I do need to check that. Thanks Granpa -- In <a href="/group/parkerboats/post?postID=gR8SF30drdKxJier4hzAy-FSNRgcLB5rkr2yFXtNv4mQSMeq_Y9QHVGYiHIy7p7oCiLceDyQxWj_oAFn5g6PwTTlcAjZBQ">[email protected]</a>, "ustank2" <tison_t@p...> wrote: > "don't understand what you mean by the "hose up". Are you talking about > the forward bilge pump? Could you explain what that means? " > > There is a pump under the floor of the cabin. The outlet is just above > the water line. You can see it in the photo on the web page just below > the third upright in the rail. In rough sea the outlet will allow > water to enter and go inside to the bilge. Raising the hose higher > inside the locker in a loop helped keep some of the water out by > getting it above the water line even more. Got a check valve but never > installed it. Think a ball valve in the off position would work no > matter how rough it got. would just have to get inside the locker to > open the valve when you wanted to use the forward pump. Just one of > those things I never got around to doing.