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[Paul Pless]

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[gypsie]

At a glance an elegant enough piece of work hammered out on an anvil, but then there's that little curve around the coaming.
Lovely.

[JayInOz]

Looks like a varnish rubber

[Ron Williamson]

DEE-tails,or d'TAILS?
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[Hugh MacD]

Does that handle go down into a companionway of some kind?

[wizbang 13]

Does that handle go down into a companionway of some kind?

donkey pump . Handle is going into the cockpit, bilge water comes out on deck … I think .

[Canoeyawl]

I wonder how many times a day the mainsheet gets hitched around all that paraphernalia?

[Paul Pless]

not too often i'd wager

this is the size of rig whereby such a tangle would result in having that pump handle flung overboard

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[Ron Williamson]

Truly lovely.
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[Jim Mahan]

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The thick, S-curved part, acting as a fulcrum, to which the handle is bolted, is blunt and is intended to just rest on the deck and the combing, because the pump shaft is taken out when not actually pumping, and the circular thingy just to the lower left in the pic is a cap-plug that sits in the pump hole when the pump is disengaged. Is that correct?

[Jim Bow]

If that “just rests on the deck” then pumping would require two hands. One to pump, and one to hold the contraption in place.

[Canoeyawl]

My back hurts just looking at it

[Garret]

If that “just rests on the deck” then pumping would require two hands. One to pump, and one to hold the contraption in place.

I'm sure it's bolted/screwed to the coaming.

[Jim Mahan]

It's too bad there aren't more details.

Thinking about it more—the fulcrum part makes mechanical sense, as the pump handle being forced down against the pressure of raising bilge water, and it not being bolted or screwed also makes sense, as it would be a benefit, in my inexperienced opinion, to have it out of the way when not in use, and easily deployed and then removed. But then, without a fastener of some sort, it would rely on the weight of the thing, or another hand, to keep it in place on the pump handle's upstroke, when there is little or no resistance against the plunger part going down. So prolly, then, the device is held in place against the upstroke by a forged on pin that inserts below the coaming, out of view in the photograph, which would be consistent with the S-curve to mate against the coaming, and without using the coaming itself in support of the fulcrum.

I was hoping someone with some actual experience with the rig would chime in. Damn shame about the missing details...

[Paul Pless]

here's a few hints

[George.]

Foxhole cockpit.

[Breakaway]

Maybe the foot of the pump fits into a socket in the deck?


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[Jim Mahan]

Maybe the foot of the pump fits into a socket in the deck?


Kevin


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Looking at the second and third pics, I'm guessing it fits into a matching iron bracket on the forward side of the vertical part of the coaming under the top rail. Looks like on the bulkhead inside the cockpit there's an oval brass plate that covers the socket.

Just guessing, the pics are just a bit too blurry enlarged, to get that much detail. Whuddya gonna do?

[Canoeyawl]

I see now how they keep the sheet from fouling that pump

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[George.]

Main sheets don't foul stuff on the stern of a boat with a real boom, as opposed to these stubby newfangled aluminum things. We used to gybe Dalia all standing with not a care in the world for gallows, cleats, or crew heads.

[Canoeyawl]

Or if you let the lines trail overboard, no problem

[Peerie Maa]

You can read her history here: https://www.nationalhistoricships.or...r/467/cornubia

Including a nice photo