Thank you all for the valuable information. Although there is no getting around the task of reaching into spaces you can’t see, at least it’s with the confidence that there is no easier way.
By the way, has anyone figured out the purpose of this valve located under the sink ? I’ve heard it selects sea water or fridge water to send to the pump ?
Jim Falcon
Ballybay N30U #357
Warren, RI
In one direction it pumps water from the cooler in the other direction it pumps from your fresh water tank.
Don
Jim,
Don’s aptly described the two functions for the different directions the lever can point. I had to figure out by trial and error which was which.
On long distance cruising boats, people sometimes use a switch like this to maximize water saving by hooking it to sea water or fresh. That’s not how it was done on Nonsuches. Unless someone told you that with specific knowledge about changes made to your boat after it left the factory, it probably doesn’t apply here. Yours far more likely switches between fresh and empyting the cooler, like most.
You’re fortunate in that, unlike on my first boat, the decaying label in your picture is still readable if you look closely enough. It says that the lever pointed back is pulling from your fresh water tank.
If you turn that lever down to vertical, it will pull from the ice chest and draw its foul, nasty brew of melted ice, torn bits of product labels and decaying organic matter through your foot pump and faucet to drain through the sink’s thru-hull. Simple way to pump out the ice chest, disgusting way to foul your first cup when you switch back to using the foot pump to draw from the tanks. Having to look at that, then remember to immediately switch back to fresh water and pump until everything came out clear again, convinced me to install refrigeration.
– Bob
Me Gusta
Nonsuch e26U #233
Hi Bob,
Respectfully, I believe the ice chest water is released to a separate spout to empty into the sink. It doesn’t use the same spout used by the fresh water line.
But, thank you for your response.
Jim Falcon
Ballybay N30U #357
Warren,RI
I am a total novice Jim, Nonsuch 36 #4, and am boggled by the plumbing under my gorgeous floorboards. That valve looks simple to remove by just loosening the worm clamps, unscrewing the holding screws to the boat and your three way should come away easily. Good Luck, J Jenkins, CAptain Haddock (formerly Duette) , Lunenburg
Speaking of cooler/frig pumps, mine came with a dedicated vertical hand pump to pump,out the frig. It kept clogging with wet beer and other paper labels.
The hose ran behind the utensil drawers. I pulled out the drawers and installed an in-line jabsco type screen. No more clogging.
Jim,
You would of course know best how your boat is configured. However, my impression remains that the boats were originally plumbed so that the foot pump either pulled from the fresh water tank or the bottom of the ice chest and pushed both out through the small J-shaped spigot to the side of the galley sink’s faucets for hot and cold pressured fresh water.
If yours is done differently, that’s great because that’s a cleaner and nicer alternative.
– Bob
Me Gusta
Nonsuch e26U #233
On my boat there are two foot pumps in the galley one is salt and the other is cold fresh. In the head there is one fresh pump.
Phil LeVine. Me says Nonsuch 36. San Pedro CA
You are correct, Bob. The manual shows that configuration. I modified mine to just pump out the reefer water and removed the other hoses.
Joe Valinoti
S/V iL Gatto NS30U #221
Sea Harbour YC
Oriental, NC USA
I did that too Joe. As Bob mentioned, not a nice connection to make to your drinking water.
Paul M
NS30U #211, Sandpiper
Cowichan Bay, B.C.
A modify on Single Malt- one way with valve - ice box pump out.
Second position shower sump/drain
Safe Sailing
Cedric Single Malt
26C # 207
Chester Nova Scotia
Once again it appears that our boats may be different. On Nonsuch Luck the foot pump below the galley sink is connected by a three-way valve to either the ice-chest drain, a sea cock or the freshwater system. In all the years I have owned Nonsuch Luck I have only ever used it for pumping out the ice-chest.
Bob Illingworth
Nonsuch Luck 30U #367 (GBR1262T)
Moored Brightlingsea marina, Essex, UK; cruising the rivers of East Anglia, and, the North Sea.
I kept the pump and it’s real simple to pump a few times and empty it into the sink. Don’t have to lift boards or empty anything.
Joe
It does control sink and cold box water. Remove the foot peddle pad from the pump and there are a few screws at the base to remove , they are hard to see for sure.
Foot pumps reduce water consumption by 50% vs pressure usage. Important when you are off cruising and water may be hard to come by…