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Captn Mac
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Initially Posted - 03/22/2019 :  11:29:51  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
We just purchased a C25 swing keel (1981) where exactly is the bilge ?? does it run from under the v-berth and under the cabin floor?? we are still just going through the boat and trying to figure things out
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islander
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Response Posted - 03/22/2019 :  16:17:24  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Access depends on your interior layout. For a dinette remove the wood boards under the dinette seat cushions and look down. For a standard traditional interior it's under the wood board in the floor.
Scott-"IMPULSE"87'C25/SR/WK/Din.#5688
Sailing out of Glen Cove,L.I Sound


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Stinkpotter
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Response Posted - 03/23/2019 :  11:16:57  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Welcome Floyd! Questions about the C-25 get more attention in the "Catalina 25 Specific Forum" (Scott notwithstanding). The C-250 is a very different boat. Ask away!
Dave Bristle
Association "Port Captain" for Mystic/Stonington CT
PO of 1985 C-25 SR/FK #5032 Passage, USCG "sixpack" (expired),
Now on Eastern 27 $+!nkp*+ Sarge
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Captn Mac
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Response Posted - 03/23/2019 :  15:23:35  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
OK I see where the bilge water is located. We have a manual bilge pump out in the cockpit--do you have to prime it in some way--plenty of water in the bilge but using the manual never had any results--essentially is the bilge the area around the "volcano" on the swing keel?? I pumped the water out using a hand held pump--maybe the pump in the cockpit needs a re-build? thinking of installing an electric pump but not really sure how much water is there--the boat sat for at least a year and I pumped out a little over 5 gallons of water. Also water up under the v-berth
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islander
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Response Posted - 03/23/2019 :  15:50:07  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Sounds like the Guzzler pump needs a rebuild. Easy to do. Here is a thread on it and how to identify your model. Also the pump rebuild kit # from Defender. http://www.catalina-capri-25s.org/forum/topic.asp?ARCHIVE=true&TOPIC_ID=28088&SearchTerms=Manual+bilge+pump
Scott-"IMPULSE"87'C25/SR/WK/Din.#5688
Sailing out of Glen Cove,L.I Sound


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Steve Milby
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Response Posted - 03/23/2019 :  16:30:37  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
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OK I see where the bilge water is located. We have a manual bilge pump out in the cockpit--do you have to prime it in some way--plenty of water in the bilge but using the manual never had any results--

Assuming your bilge pump is a Whale Gusher 10 {yellow colored), it's self priming, but it has two small flapper valves inside that act as check valves, and if they are defective or stuck, or if the pump's diaphram is defective, it won't work. They're easy to replace with a kit and seem expensive at about $45-50, but a new Whale Gusher 10 costs about $300. and is a good pump.
Steve Milby J/24 "Captiva Wind"
previously C&C 35, Cal 25, C25 TR/FK, C22
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Stinkpotter
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Response Posted - 03/24/2019 :  13:14:54  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
The rubber diaphram in the pump is probably the most common problem--after 38 years, it gets sorta like me after 70...
Dave Bristle
Association "Port Captain" for Mystic/Stonington CT
PO of 1985 C-25 SR/FK #5032 Passage, USCG "sixpack" (expired),
Now on Eastern 27 $+!nkp*+ Sarge
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