[lobster_diver]

Hi Guys

The old man decided to go all out and make some mods to our boat that involved taking out seats etc!

We have wondering, for about 3 years, how to get a decent bait well in as we dont have the space for the 60 litres drum effort!

Well since he cut away the seats, it turns out that there is a tray under the centre of the boat that I assume was designed to hold the inboard fuel tank, that our boat was never equipped with!

I can hope fully set this up as a live well, but would like all the pipes and wires to run internally with as little cutting and drilling to the boat as possible!!

Can I therefore use an inline pump as apposed to mounting a bilge pump below the water line? they use them on caravans and stuff!

I would only have to use a surface drainer style hole just below the water line then which would be easier to fit and require a much smaller hole but would be permanently in place without me lifting a pump in and out the water!

Any help and advice for what fittings we can use would be great!

Rich

 

[Salar]

You can fit an inline pump to a skin fitting and seacock below the waterline. Most inline pumps I have come across are not able to draw water up and over the side from dry. http://www.mackengineering.co.uk/products/405FC-RULE-LIVEWELL-PUMP-12V.html

 

[lobster_diver]

That looks like the type of thing I was after! I got headlight coming over in the morning to have a little look now anyway! get us going in the right direction!

 

[blueskip]

It's only to keep your lobsters & crabs alive, nothing to do with live bait!

 

[lobster_diver]

it will be a bit a both mate!especially with what we uncovered with the space under the wheel, there will be room for the maximum 2 lobsters, 2 crabs AND the bait!! Just gota tape the claws before reaching in for a sand eel!

Did you see the hole in the deck of the boat behind the steering wheel when you were sneaking around, looking for things to pinch today???