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Originally Posted by SkunkBoat
on my Grady I have a Shurflo BlasterII 3.5 gpm, bronze thru hull and a ball valve in the stern bilge area. I have a separate livewell pump bronze thruhull & valve.
We do a lot of fishing...tuna fishing...and it is a neccessity...but some of the guys go crazy spraying salt water. If you are in salt and you don't have a blood & bait issue, it might not be worth it.
I never got around to putting one on my V20 but I thought about it alot. We just dipped the brush in the ocean and scrubbed....sometimes a 5 gal bucket dumped on deck...we got by.
A washdown pump is high pressure and not on all the time. It does not double as a livewell pump which is low pressure and can run constantly.
If you plan on having a livewell, you can share the thru hull with the washdown.
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Thanks. I’m in fresh water only. I currently just splash a bucket on the deck so a sprayer will be a nice upgrade. Instead of a through hull set up I wonder if it would work for me to run a piece of 1” pvc down the transom to below the water line. Then just elbow through somewhere in the engine compartment to the pump and then run some pipe from pump to where ever I decide to put the sprayer/hose.
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Originally Posted by SkunkBoat
Oh, on my V20 cuddy I put a second bilge pump forward. I had cut out the floor of the fishbox to remove junk that was blocking the pvc tube for bilge water.
I ran the hose back inside the gunnel to the starboard side under where the other bilge pump outlet was.
Its good to have a fwd bilge pump if you dock all season because that is where the water collects first. And its good to clean out the junk blocking the drain pipe!!!!
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I currently trailer the boat but am considering renting a slip this year so a second pump is going to be a must. Thanks