Boat Building Forum

Find advice on all aspects of building your own kayak, canoe or any lightweight boats

Re: Suction Head
By:Val Wann
Date: 4/27/2001, 5:35 pm
In Response To: Re: Suction Head (Shawn Baker)

: But those Guzzlers are designed with like 3' of suction head. In a kayak
: mounting situation, you probably have 3" of suction head.

Bosworth says these are rated for 12-foot suction head & 12 foot delivery head. Definitely more than is needed for a kayak.

I'll be mounting the same model in my ChLT18. (center button, not foot/hand lever, so not practical to mount external return bungie)

Haven't gotten the proverbial "Round Tuit" yet, but I plan to contact Bozworth & order a stock replacement spring - then I can experiment on retempering or trimming one spring, & if (when) I screw up I'll have a backup. I'll probably contact a local machine shop or marine metalsmith who is used to working on stainless for advice and/or to work the spring.

How about whoever gets some results first post them to this board?

Val

http://www.bosworth.thomasregister.com/olc/bosworth/

Messages In This Thread

Guzzler 400
Bill Sivori -- 4/27/2001, 10:34 am
Re: Guzzler 400 return
Pete Roszyk -- 4/28/2001, 11:38 am
4 return ideas
mike allen ---> -- 4/27/2001, 12:01 pm
stainless springs
Sam McFadden -- 4/28/2001, 11:00 am
Re: stainless springs
mike allen -- 7/16/2001, 8:02 pm
Re: stainless springs
Sam McFadden -- 7/16/2001, 11:49 pm
and thank you, too.
mike allen -- 7/17/2001, 9:00 pm
Re: stainless springs
Dale Frolander -- 7/17/2001, 2:26 pm
Thanks
Sam McFadden -- 7/17/2001, 3:25 pm
Re: 4 return ideas
Erez -- 4/27/2001, 4:54 pm
Re: 4 return ideas
mike allen ---> -- 4/27/2001, 8:31 pm
Re: Suction Head
Shawn Baker -- 4/27/2001, 5:04 pm
Re: Suction Head
Val Wann -- 4/27/2001, 5:35 pm
no suck, no head
mike allen ---> -- 4/27/2001, 6:43 pm
Re: no suck, no head - it CAN be done !
Erez -- 4/28/2001, 11:18 am
400 v. 500
Pete Roszyk -- 4/28/2001, 11:54 am