I was worried about having a too shallow
bilge after I filled part of it,, and turned part of it into two
water tanks,,but I kept a good chunk of the sump in place for high capacity bilge pumps and i arranged the
plumbing so the
cabin sole is watertight but there are
cabin sole scuppers which along with various compartment limber holes are all connected by hoses to a
pump for discharge
overboard minimizes water sloshing around in a sump. (Sole hatches are watertight with
latches and gaskets)The Whale Gulper IC with the manifold inlet
head is used to automatically drain multiple sources of water ( usually such as both the
shower and sink in the head) but you can hook it up to any compartments that can hold water including to wet lockers and scuppers or drains on the
cabin sole (I put three
cabin sole drains right below the
companionway: one under the ladder and one each port-starboard sides on cabin sole are near
companionway entry, so water splashing in from the companionway onto cabin sole area right under it for about 4'would immediately drain regardless if
boat was heeling) This is to deal only with small amts of water; there are also larger capacity standard bilge pumps with separate plumping )