try this link, it will take you to a website for that sells self bailers, not sure if its the correct size.

• This reply was modified 2 years, 5 months ago by Chris Aubrey.

I see that Chris has (possibly) identified what you are trying to show us without the benefit of seeing a photo.

If you wish to load photos, which would be helpful, you would seem to need to reduce the filesize. There are various pieces of software which will do that; I use the photo-editing software that I have anyway for other reasons.

Hope this helps,

Oliver

Ah!!  …   …

That is a Barton pattern self-bailer,  which was popular in (I think) the sixties and seventies,  or one of its clones.     (What it is to have a long memory,  but unfortunately what goes with that territory is a gradual erosion of physical prowess,  as the ageing process takes its toll  …   …).

If it can be cleaned up,  and if it works,  you may wish to retain it.   However it is a very early (and somewhat crude) design,  and later designs work far better;   they start working at lower speeds,  and they shift water more rapidly.   In particular the Elvstrom bailer,  later marketed as the Andersen,  is vastly more effective.   A second factor is that the vertical underwater protrusion of the Barton risked hull damage if you happened to ground the boat on a hard surface  –  which could even be a sandy beach  –  while the bailers were down.   However the Andersens  –  with their sloping protrusions hinged at the front  –  simply close themselves in those circumstances.

So you may alternatively wish to scrap the old Barton ones and do the necessary surgery  –  which is reasonably straightforward if you have mainstream DIY skills  –  and install a pair of Andersens to replace them.   But that will involve surgery.

What it is to have a choice  …   …

Hope this helps,

Oliver

Hi Karle, Have just, by chance, discovered a baler like the one in Chris’s link in my garage. I think it is sound. I always called it an Elvstrom baler, but that was years ago. Contact me on bjdnursery@gmail.com and it’s yours for the postage.

Regards, Norman