Dockside hose recommendations

[Obrienslalom]

Anybody have a nice pump/hose setup for their dock they would recommend. I have electricity at the dock and would like to spray down the boat and cover occasionally. Looking to pull the water from the lake.

[MISkier]

I’d probably use a Superior Pump model 91250. I see them on Amazon for about $55. They have a garden hose adapter included. I have one of these to pump antifreeze from a 5 gallon bucket during winterizing and other utility needs. I also have another one as a secondary contingency sump pump with a car battery/inverter setup, an external float switch, and automatic transfer switch to use the inverter source when house power is out.

[BraceMaker]

Lake water better be really clean or youd be better off carrying the tarp up to the house and using boat bling and cloths than spraying it.

[thager]

Hose or hoses from the house down to the dock would work. Water runs downhill very easily. If you need more pressure use a pressure washer. Water would be clean with little chance of sending algae onto your stuff,

[MDB1056]

Simer submersible utility pump. They have several sizes. Bulletproof and work great . Hose attaches easily. I’ve had one over 30 yrs and still runs great

[BraceMaker]

@thager the way people around me do this is to treat it like it's an irrigation line and run it off a hose bibb then it can be buried relatively shallow with no code implications.

[thager]

If you want the cost and hassle that's fine. I run two 100' hoses downhill to my gas pressure washer for a once a year job.