Bfish

I have a new bay boat with only the raw water washdown. The manufacturer does offer fresh water but my boat was bought from dealer inventory without it. Search only produced results for various components so I'm wondering if there is a full kit out there that would be a simple installation. Ideally I would like everything to be contained in the console and not have to plumb it to the back like the factory setup. More ideal would be to add a tank somewhere and T into the raw water pump with a selector valve.

walknazty

Here is a interesting setup where the raw water pump and live well can be used as a freshwater washdown with a couple 3 way valves.

Convert Raw Water System to Switchable Fresh Water Storage System - Boat Talk - Robalo Boats Discussion Group

Lifeislarge

I never thought about it but thanks for the inspiration. Should be pretty easy to add a thruhull to one of my bait tanks and a valve on the washdown pump intake to turn it into a 35 gallon fresh water tank for days at the sandbar. I love this place.

Bfish

Yeah me too. My boat has a livewell in the center stern and another good size well in the port side we never use other than for storage.

walknazty

In the thread link they don't even add a hole in the livewell. The way the valves are set up, he uses the livewell aerator as the draw for the freshwater if that makes sense. He just added a short piece of hose so the end of the hose lays on the bottom of the livewell when using it as a freshwater washdown.

Not sure how your livewell is setup but on Robalos there is a threaded fixture just like the end of a hose where the livewell aerator comes in.

Lifeislarge

I have two livewells with their own pump and a washdown pump. Each pump has it's own thruhull for salt water. For my setup it would be easier just to put a Y in the intake hose for the washdown pump with a switch that pulled water from either the thruhull or the livewell. I have a large, open bilge and easy access with a large hatch. Might get fancy and find an electronic switch for the plumbing though...

walknazty

I'm super jealous. My bilge is nothing like that....

dell30rb

Check out the plastimo bladder tanks. I had a 13 gal in my 24' Albemarle and it was plenty of water for a full day. Fit in a locker under the cuddy.

barrell

I have no need for freshwater wash down the space taken up by the tank isn’t worth it. There are a variety of portable systems the simplist being a new fruit tree sprayer filled with fresh water