Hand bailer

A Hand Bailer is a device used for removing water which has entered a boat. In the simplest case, it is merely a container which can be filled manually and then emptied. This kind of device is in use since early times. It is still in use on small boats and rafts. Some regulations require them as mandatory equipment.^[1]^[2]

Iron Age hand bailer from Nydam Mose
Norwegian "auskjer", traditional hand bailer
modern plastic hand bailer

For some modern types of dinghys in sailing sports hand bailers can be obsolete when they are equipped with self bailers, sometimes also called automatic bailers.

self bailer, rear type
self bailer, bottom type outside the boat
self bailer, bottom type inside the boat

References

↑ ISO 9650 Small craft, inflatable liferafts 2005(E) (pdf-file 244 KB)
↑ ISAF (International Sailing Federation), liferafts

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