Westerly fulmar switches

[Sailorjack9]

I have a question for anyone that has a westerly fulmar. I was looking for the bilge pump switch, on the switchboard above the batteries, just in front of the quarter birth, and I didn’t see one labeled ‘bilge pump’. There is one labeled ‘P Pump’. I was wondering if anyone could tell me what that switch is for. What is the P Pump?

Thanks for any help.

[SouthBaySailor]

Turn it off and see if the bilge pump works.

[Sailorjack9]

I tried that. It either isn’t that or there just wasn’t enough water in the bilge for it to suck it up. It did make a running pump noise, though.

[SouthBaySailor]

Do you mean that after you changed the switch position that the pump started to run? If so then that must be the switch for the pump.

[Sailorjack9]

No. A pump started to run. The small amount of water around the bilge pump inlet didn’t move a bit. I’m new to this boat, and my last boat said ‘bilge pump’ where the bilge pump switch was.