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tench745
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Knee operated galley pump

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I've got an O'day 25 I'm slowly setting up for coastal cruising. On my list of projects is replacing the galley's hand pump with something a little more convenient. The problem is, all bulkheads on this boat have a 1" or so molded flange in the liner that they bolt to. This flange would prevent running hoses for the Whale babyfoot pump I was looking at, and there's no room in the bilge for a whale tiptoe pump. So, I got to thinking, maybe I could install the tiptoe pump at about knee height on the cabinet front. I'm not sure how practical this would be, or how good of a pump the whale tiptoe pump is. I'd appreciate any thoughts or insights anyone has to offer.
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Re: Knee operated galley pump

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The Whale toe pumps are perfectly good. They give a spurt on both strokes of the pedal; one stroke by the toe and the return stroke with internal springs.

You'd want to add a longer paddle to the toe lever to save wear and tear on your patella. And you'd probably want to make your paddle able to fold flat against the cabinet front to get it out of the way.
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Re: Knee operated galley pump

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I think the valves are spring loaded and would not be offended by mounting the pump sideways. An important detail.
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Re: Knee operated galley pump

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It sounds like you guys are thinking about the whale gusher pump. http://www.defender.com/product.jsp?pat ... id=1125818 I was referring to their flush-mount 'tiptoe' pump.http://www.defender.com/product.jsp?pat ... &id=155530
I've seen a lot of information out there on the mk 2 and mk 3 gusher pumps, but haven't really heard anything about the tiptoe.
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Re: Knee operated galley pump

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I called whale about my idea and they said they'd never heard of anyone mounting the pump horizontaly, but that it should work. They also advised directing the output upwards to prevent a possible siphon. Anyone else have any thoughts?
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