Bilge iQ's interface tracks pump activity and alerts owners in real time. Courtesy Wave International When a harbor master called Nick Heyes to tell him his boat was sinking, the news came with a ...

Look out for one-way valves located in your bilge-pump overboard discharge hose. The intended purpose is to prevent the water left in the bilge hose from flowing back into the boat after the pump ...

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Inside the DIY shower drain box: a bilge pump, float switch and outlet fittings for less than $25. Courtesy Roger Hughes When I bought my Down East 45, the shower in the aft stateroom's head drained ...

The duck boats that carried dozens of people on land and water around Table Rock Lake had a different mission when they were created in the 1940s. Built to transport soldiers from ship to shore during ...

Bilge water is one of the causes for marine pollution. Untreated bilge water can contain oil, gasoline, solvents, detergents, chemicals, and more and when discharged in to the sea can negatively ...