Leaderboard

Got the ballast pump installed (still have some cosmetic work left). It works great; tested it in the driveway by filling up the ballast tank with a hose and then discharging it into the centerboard trunk using the pump. It even creates a whirlpool in the ballast tank when sucking out the water. Thank you Paul and Alan for the idea. Made a cover for the switch to keep rain off it and prevent it from being bumped. The switch and the valves can be reached without leaving the helm (except taking the ballast tank hatch off to let air in/out). For anyone considering this, this was a fairly difficult mod (just because of the tight space and access when installing the pipes through the ballast tank and centerboard well). If you are building new and think you might ever do this mod, do it before you seal up the ballast tank and install the cockpit seats. Like I stated earlier, if you don't want the complication, this is absolutely not necessary, the Anderson bailers work very well, they are just a little slow. I've been using this crimp/heat seal kit for all my electrical work; recommended. Bad pic, there are two valves, one is just hard to see. This is the suction/discharge inside the ballast tank.