> Plus, what is the normal GPM for a hand pump. I'm just wondering how the
> foot pump compares to the 10-15 for the Guzzler.

The consensus --- highly non-scientific --- from those of us who use the Henderson foot pump is that a nominal portable hand pump will empty a flooded boat faster than a foot pump. Maybe twice as fast. Again, not scientific, but, if you are in a position to a handpump --- relatively flat water or assistance in place --- the hand pump is faster. However, in an environmental situation where you've been dumped out of your boat by clapotis or rising winds and bigger seas than planned, a hand pump is going to be proportionately harder to use. Takes two hands and sometimes knees to hang on to those things, where, with a foot pump, you get back into the boat, put on the skirt, and pump the boat out while you use both hands to brace and to start to maneuver or propel yourself out of danger. Can't do that when using a hand pump. Hence the value. I've always found it's best to use worst case scenarios when evaluating gear choices --- "pool" criteria don't hack it!

(Sorry about dropping out Guzzler's web site on my last post. It was when I wrote it, honest! Slightly better boat operator than computer operator!)

Jack Martin