Water, water everywhere but not in your multihull
From simple maintenance to the control of a small ingress of water, bilge pumps are essential equipment on board. Whether manual or electric, or even automatic, there are different options out there. Let’s see how you can keep your bilges dry.
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Publié le
24/09/2020
Par
Olivier Barret
Numéro :
174
Parution :
Nov.
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2020
Water in the bilges brings nothing but trouble: not just moisture, corrosion or mold on board, but also damage to the equipment that is situated under the floors - starting with the hulls themselves, whether painted or not. If the bailer and bucket were the first tools to fight flooding, the first bilge pump was invented by Archimedes as far back as 270 BCE. It was a screw pump that was manually operated. Today, despite the adoption of watertight materials such as polyester or aluminum, boats still manage to get water in them. The fault lies with the very numerous openings such as those for th…
