How a black water pump replacement helped me narrowly avoid sinking - Practical Boat Owner

How a black water pump replacement helped me narrowly avoid sinking - Practical Boat Owner

Gilbert Park shares lessons learned from a messy black water pump reinstallation job that may have saved his boat during a French cruising holiday.Photo: Gilbert Park.After a lovely week-long trip up the River Rance, I purposefully approached Port des Sablons, St Malo, on a hot, sunny day. I’d chosen this marina because its facilities included a black water pump out station. The tank aboard Let’s Go, my Mitchell 28 Classique, had filled up while…