adding seawater intake to a CD33

[mike]

I want to add a saltwater hand pump to the galley. I only have one seacock drawing saltwater and that is for the engine cooling.

Has anyone added a manifold for more water distribution? Any other suggestions for foolproof plumbing of this hand pump.

Thanks in advance,

Mike
LaVida



mpr@seascan.com

[Ryan Turner]

Mike,

I'm thinking of doing the same thing to my CD33. I thought that I'd just place a "T" fitting in the raw water intake line and run it straight to the hand pump in the galley. What could be simpler?



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[tom.b]

mike, the liner on my 80/cd33 is formica and 1/4 inch plywood,that is attached to 3/8's inch stringers. so clearance is 3/8 inch. if the light that you are refurring to is the one just under the sidedeck the connection is at the hull to deck joint (black and grey wire) and if you can't get the panel down,you can rewire it back to the electrical panel.if it is the one over head above the sinks forget it and do as i wrote before. good luck.

tom b.
wind chime

I want to add a saltwater hand pump to the galley. I only have one seacock drawing saltwater and that is for the engine cooling.

Has anyone added a manifold for more water distribution? Any other suggestions for foolproof plumbing of this hand pump.

Thanks in advance,

Mike
LaVida

[mike]

I would be worried that vibration or a hit could take out the t fitting, I'm leaning towards a manifold to supply both deck wash water and sink saltwater, perhaps an additional strainer in the system. Still not sure on the exact way to go.

thanks,
mike

Mike,

I'm thinking of doing the same thing to my CD33. I thought that I'd just place a "T" fitting in the raw water intake line and run it straight to the hand pump in the galley. What could be simpler?

mpr@seascan.com

[john vigor]

Beware of the T-fitting in the raw water intake line. I did that once, and the engine raw-water impeller preferred to suck air back through the faucet, rather than do the hard work of pushing water up to the engine. I had to block the faucet with plastic putty every time I ran the engine, otherwise no cooling water would circulate. You could put a stopcock in the line to the faucet, of course, which would mean you wouldn't be able to draw salt water while the engine was running. And you'd have to remember to close the stopcock religiously after using the saltwater faucet.

John Vigor
CD25D Jabula

Mike,

I'm thinking of doing the same thing to my CD33. I thought that I'd just place a "T" fitting in the raw water intake line and run it straight to the hand pump in the galley. What could be simpler?

jvig@whidbey.net

[Bill]

I too have wish to do this, but think I could just add at "T" to the drain hose of the sink (on a 25D)????? Why wouldnt that work????/

Bill

I want to add a saltwater hand pump to the galley. I only have one seacock drawing saltwater and that is for the engine cooling.

Has anyone added a manifold for more water distribution? Any other suggestions for foolproof plumbing of this hand pump.

Thanks in advance,

Mike
LaVida

cd25d@rhapsodysails.com

[Steve Alarcon]

Mike,

Our CD36 had a seperate throughhull added to feed seawater intake. The intake feeds a pump that provides washdown up to the windlass (the hose is stowed in the port lazarette) as well as pressure seawater in the galley. Then, as a backup there is a manual pump off the same feed line. The advantage of this is that you can use the seawater intake for high volume usages (like the wash down) while the engine is running without running yourself or the engine short on water. Plus, having pressure seawater in the galley and a washdown is a real nice addition that is easy to do.

Steve Alarcon
CD36 Tenacity
Seattle



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