I heard Rule is a good make and they have fully automated pumps which eliminates a float switch and you can just take it directly to the.

Catalina 22 bilge pump. With regards to the manual bilge pump there is a strainer at the end of the inlet hose but all of the valves are actually inside the pump itself which on Threepenny Opera is located on the port coaming just aft of the propane locker. On the MKII the main bilge pump and the manual pump operate out of the bilge in the main salon together with the float switch. Check out results for Bilge pump.

We just purchased a 1987 Catalina 22 and we have to install a bilge pump. Next I mounted a Rule 1100 GPH pump fastening it to the aft bilge bulkhead behind the volcano beneath the cockpit liner and attached 10 of 1-18 hose. The Manual position is used for testing of the Bilge Pump as well as allowing you to turn on the Bilge Pump in the event of a Float-Switch malfunction.

My 22 electric panel has a switch marked bilge pump it is a generic panel there is no pump in the boatalthough you may have a pump you probably do not. Catalina Yachts aims to encourage more family racing with the thousands of first generation 22s by offering an alternative to finding an older boat and restoring it just to be competitive in the dozens of established Catalina 22 fleets. And with NO bilge or through hulls most dont need them.

1988 wing keel Hull No. The control panel should have a 3 position switch Auto-Off-Manual. I never needed it for the year I owned the boat.

The yellow pump with the cast aluminum body pictured below under More Images uses this kit. On by Catalina 22 Hull 1588 the water will eventually seep into the space near the volcano the fiberglass surrounding the keel cable. Bilge hello barry.

There is not much hidden space in a 22 so if you havent found it stop looking. Ad Search for Bilge pump at Finecomb. Various types of industrial pumps.