C&C 24 - Bilge Pump

[mfesak]

A friend just took me to look over a C&C 24 he's looking to buy (kept in a wet slip). First thing I noticed was a wet bilge and I couldn't locate a sump pump under the floorboards in the cabin, in the lowest part of the bilge where the keel bolts on (I admit I didn't go looking for a self-priming one elsewhere in the boat). I guess my first question for y'all is whether a bilge pump is OEM on this model, and where I should be looking for it (or where I should be thinking about installing one if need be). Is there an overboard discharge I could use to trace a hose back to a pump (or to use if I have to install a new one)? Any suggestions at all from those who have delt with this would be very helpful, before we start drilling holes and otherwise destroying a beauiful boat! Thanks, Matt F.

[camaraderie]

Well...if there is no pump and NO HOSE in the lowest part of the bilge, then you might wanna make a little jaunt down to West Marine! Is there a bilge pump breaker switch on the DC panel? If so...turn it on and listen!

[GreatWhite]

I have a C&C Shark which might be different, there is only a shallow bilge under the floor boards. My boat stays in the water year round and there is no water in the bildge. I just have a hand bilge pump.

[ahab211]

I use a hand bilge on my 24 C@C but I think there is a bilge built in the along the side of the seat in the cockpit. I'm pretty sure the hose runs down into the bilge and you need a handle which i haven't found yet. I just bought it this fall and I bought a winch wrench in Spain as it was sparcely outfitted. Good Luck otherwise they are a good boat.